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1. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogIs Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End

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   Nov 19, 2011 · New evidence continues to suggest that Einstein was right, death is an illusion. Our classical way of thinking is based on the belief that the world has an objective observer-independent existence ...

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     There are some who believe that calling a death “good” is a...

2. www.thecollector.com › philosophy-of-death-theoriesThe Philosophy of Death: 5 Mind-Blowing Views - TheCollector

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   Aug 17, 2023 · By understanding death as the ultimate goal and purpose of life, one may also understand life as a process of constant dying. Humans are always moving closer and closer to that final release of the cycle of suffering and, as time passes and the present becomes the past, present desires pass away and eventually no longer exist, like small samples of death that are experienced as time goes by.

3. www.psychologytoday.com › what-is-good-deathWhat Is a Good Death? - Psychology Today

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   Mar 14, 2020 · A bad death would be one in which violence, severe pain, torture, dying alone, being kept alive against your wishes, loss of dignity, and being unable to let your wishes be known. No one wants to ...

4. news.harvard.edu › gazette › storyHow death shapes life, according to a Harvard philosopher

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   Nov 1, 2021 · Death is standing. It’s standing in the way liquid stands still in a container. Sometimes cooking instructions tell you to boil a mixture and then let it stand, while you complete another part of the recipe. That’s the way death is in the poem: standing, waiting for you to get farther along with whatever you are doing.

5. philosophynow.org › issues › 139The Meaning of Death | Issue 139 | Philosophy Now

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   According to biology, physics, and systems theory together, death is a so-called ‘emergent phenomenon’ within the systems of life or the biosphere. For instance, death can be narrowly interpreted as the end of vital signs of an organism, so there would be no death without biological life. Consequently, death is something that needs life first.

6. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC6179873Getting Comfortable With Death & Near-Death Experiences: Near ...

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   By the mid-1970s, there were so many individuals who had undergone near-death experiences that the phenomenon was bound to come to the attention of the public. My book, Life after Life (1975), an analysis of about 150 cases of near-death experiences was apparently the catalyst that woke the modern world up to this ancient phenomenon.

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   Does death have a purpose?

   • Unfortunately, death having a purpose does not automatically give meaning to life. And if life turns out to be meaningless, then death, even if it were evolutionarily valuable, would also be meaningless. We have simply removed some common misconceptions regarding death and its effect on the meaning of life.

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   What makes a good death?

   • Other factors that were included in a good death were religion or spirituality and having a sense of completion of their lives. The dying want to be able to make choices in the treatments they receive, be treated in a dignified manner, and have a good relationship with the treating providers.

   What Is a Good Death? - Psychology Today

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   What constitutes a good death?

   • People often talk about a “good” death or a “bad'' death. For the patient and the family what constitutes those ideas may be different. If you were to ask 50 people what they consider would constitute a good death, you might easily get 50 different responses. Most people would feel that a peaceful, painless death would be considered good.

   What Is a Good Death? - Psychology Today

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   Why do we believe in death?

   • Our classical way of thinking is based on the belief that the world has an objective observer-independent existence. But a long list of experiments shows just the opposite. We think life is just the activity of carbon and an admixture of molecules: we live awhile and then rot into the ground. We believe in death because we've been taught we die.

   Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End

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   Why are death obituaries so important?

   • Deaths can seem even more haunting when they’re not recognized as a real loss, which is why it’s so important how deaths are depicted by governments and in mass communication. The genre of the obituary is there to present deaths as a loss to the public.

   How death shapes life, according to a Harvard philosopher

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8. www.psychologytoday.com › what-is-good-deathWhat Is a Good Death? | Psychology Today Canada

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   There are some who believe that calling a death “good” is a value judgement that might not necessarily belong to the patient. As a result, a newer model for working with the dying has been ...