Is someone in coma Dasein?

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dc.contributor.advisorEngelhardt, H. Tristram, Jr.
dc.creatorPhillips, Joan Raines
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:06:18Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:06:18Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.description.abstractAn ontological investigation into the way of Being for someone in irreversible coma through Martin Heidegger's Dasein-analysis. Ambiguity in the designation 'human being' leads to the conceptual confusion one experiences when encountering someone in irreversible coma, because the designation of 'human being' indicates both 'Homo Sapien' and 'Homo Sapien plus Dasein'. However, considering what he requires for Dasein, Heidegger's Dasein-analysis supports a higher brain function definition of death. Thus on an Heideggerian interpretation, someone in irreversible coma has died as Dasein, remaining in the world as a 'living corpse'.
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Phil. 1993 Phillips
dc.identifier.citationPhillips, Joan Raines. "Is someone in coma Dasein?." (1993) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13770">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13770</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13770
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.titleIs someone in coma Dasein?
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophy
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanities
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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