[Summary of contributions to the symposium on 'the moment of death']

In their original meaning, the terms 'life' and 'death' refer to the biotical aspect of the cosmos, although many non-original (analogical) uses of these terms exist. The concrete process of dying, however, is not incorporated in the biotical aspect because it also displays other cosmic aspects. In this contribution, we have tried to focus our attention on the biotical, sensitive-psychical, juridical and ethical aspects. It emerged that present medical practice implies different moments of death as soon as one distinguishes between death in a biotical, sensitive-psychical or juridical sense.