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    It is not the case that A corpse that retains structural integrity momentarily after cardiac arrest has lost vital activity but has not yet undergone the formal dissolution constitutive of death.

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    • 1.Cardiac arrest causes irreversible cessation of integrated organismal function within minutes. Structural integrity without function is merely a corpse, not a living entity.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'vital activity' and 'formal dissolution' is conceptually unstable. Once vital activity ceases, the organism is dead; 'formal' dissolution adds nothing essential.
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    • 3.Actual revival requires immediate intervention. A brief window doesn't prove the organism retains life—only that cessation hasn't yet become irrevocable.
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    • 1.Death is a process, not an instant event. Biological systems degrade gradually, so death admits of degrees rather than binary presence/absence.
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    • 2.Structural integrity correlates with the organism's capacity for recovery. A body that retains organization could theoretically be revived, suggesting life persists.
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    • 3.Legal and medical definitions of death require specific criteria (brain death, cessation of circulation). Meeting none of these yet means death hasn't formally occurred.
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