PHL282H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Organism

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C and g thinks human are organisms and only have one death, which occurs when their integration functions irreversibly ceased. M thinks human are mind- body dualism and therefore have two deaths, one is human death and the other is organism death. Human death occurs when the human lost capacity for consciousness. Organism death occurs when the body"s integration functions irreversibly ceased. ( vs ) M"s definition of human death is recognized as in vegetative state but not yet dead in c and g"s view. C and g"s definition of human death is recognized as. The reason that m adding a person death based on the existed concept of organism death by c and g is because m does not think human beings are organisms. He thinks human beings are cartesian souls embodied in. To prove that human"s spirit is not identical with its body, m said we all know the human"s body exists since conception.

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