Piotr Grzegorz Nowak

Check out my new paper in Monash Bioethics Review: I argue that the definition of death should reflect interests. Death = irreversible loss of the capacity to have interests. Yes, that includes brain death. rdcu.be/ezzCW

Observing the constant development of my child, I'm enjoying my parental leave so much that I've forgotten to tell you that the response to the comments on my article "Defining Death: Toward a Biological and Ethical Synthesis" has been published: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In this short polemical note, I defend my view according to which death in the sense that matters is an end of one's capacity to feel, desire, and reflect on one's feelings and desires. Enjoy! rdcu.be/eDyUx

@WPiAUJ Nie wiedziałem, że kawiarnia Rio dalej działa! To wspaniała informacja. Cieszę się też, kawiarnia jest otwarta na współprace z WPiU UJ.

📢 WPiA UJ i RIO w Krakowie podpisały 17.07.2025 r. porozumienie o współpracy obejmujące m.in. konferencje, szkolenia i praktyki dla studentów Administracji. To nowe perspektywy rozwoju naukowego i zawodowego! #WPiAUJ #RIO #Administracja

Next Friday is a big day for me! I'll have a habilitation colloquium, meaning I'm on the verge of being granted the highest academic degree in some European countries. I invite you to register and take part in this event: tiny.pl/5vfpk_1d

📣Dean's authorities @filozoficznyUJ @JagiellonskiUni 2024-2028! ☞ Dean - Prof. Elżbieta Przybył-Sadowska ☞ Vice Dean for Research - Prof. Przemysław Bąbel @PrzemyslawBabel ☞ Vice Dean for Education - Prof. Olga Dryla All the best!!! More details: tinyurl.com/mrxxwj6n

Finally, I have contributed to a specialistic medical journal! My correspondence is out in CHEST! Together with @ChristosLazari3 and John Lizza, we argue that value judgments are indispensable in death determination: journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-…

5th International Conference of the @PhilDeathDying organised by @PGNowak just started!

📣5⃣IAPDD @PhilDeathDying biennial conference August 22-24, 2024 at @filozoficznyUJ @JagiellonskiUni in Kraków, Poland. More details: tinyurl.com/yc6hd9b6 Contact: @PGNowak, philosophyofdeath.org/contact/

Trending in #Ethics: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) HR Departments' Response to Workplace Bullying (@JBusinessEthics) 2) Environmental orientations at work (@J_EnvValues) 3) Defining Death: Toward a Biological & Ethical Synthesis (@bioethics_net) 4) War, Bioethics & Public Health 5) Conspiracy accusations (@inquiry_ijp)

It's the last paper in my research grant, "The Concepts of Death," but it's not the least! Together with John Lizza and @ChristosLazari3, we argue that an essential but often overlooked aspect of death is the social one: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Defining Death: Toward a Biological and Ethical Synthesis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…"Civil Death: the permanent cessation of our organismal being in a way that is in part informed by our existence as a social being." @MacLeanEthics @UChicago_Neuro #BrainDeath J. Lizza and @PGNowak

My article "Organismal Superposition Problem and Nihilist Challenge in the Definition of Death" is out as an opening text for the freshest Perspectives in Medicine and Biology issue. Encouraging is that my essay inspired discussion by @MikeNairCollins! muse.jhu.edu/issue/52059

Undergraduate institutions of British Prime Ministers since Churchill: Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford None Oxford None Oxford Edinburgh Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Thanks to @garicgymro for list.

That's a great and romantic story!

@AdamOmelianchuk Thanks! Do you mean the part on organismal pluralism or the one on moral status is wrong?

@PGNowak Congrats, but you're still wrong 😉

I'm excited to share with you my recent research article, "Death as the extinction of the source of value: the constructivist theory of death as an irreversible loss of moral status" (doi.org/10.1007/s11017…).

Just to mention those who are present on X: @AlbertoGiubili1, @AkselSterri , @ruetxe) Moreover, it wouldn't be possible to publish this article open access without the support of @filozoficznyUJ. Aand this wouldn't be written in this form without support from @NCN_PL.

The first draft of my article was written during my research visit to @ethicsinthenews. Many people commented on this text or helped me with it in other ways.