Theist with Questions

[Angrboda]

I'd settle for a definition of clinically alive.

Not being clinically dead.

Misapplication of the law of the excluded middle. Oddly enough, the first definition of dead that I pull up is, "not alive." I'm sure we could play that game a long time.

Apparently the medical definition is, “An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.” Unfortunately, we can maintain a brain's function artificially, in principle, and that person would still be alive.