According to Gilmore, Activists and Capacitists Disagree About

According to Gilmore, Activists and Capacitists disagree about

A) which vital processes (metabolism? growth? reproduction?) are relevant to whether a thing is alive.
B) the biochemistry of metabolism and what is occurring at the biochemical level in cryptobiotic organisms. Activists say that all chemical reactions have ceased in these organisms; Capacitists say that these reactions continue but at a much reduced rate.
C) whether organisms that are not undergoing the relevant vital processes, but that are capable of doing so, count as alive. Capacitists say 'Yes'; Activists say 'No'.
D) whether rocks are examples of things that neither alive nor dead.
E) whether cryptobiotic tardigrades have the capacity to return to an active state in response to suitable changes in environmental conditions.

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