31: "Biological Individuality and the Foetus Problem", Will Morgan (deep dive featuring the author!)
An episode of the Condensed Matter podcast, hosted by Sam Kimpton-Nye, titled "31: "Biological Individuality and the Foetus Problem", Will Morgan (deep dive featuring the author!)" was published on July 26, 2022 and runs 45 minutes.
July 26, 2022 ·45m · Condensed Matter
Summary
In this episode, I talk to my Bristol MetaScience colleague, Dr Will Morgan, about his recently published paper in which he argues that if we accept the physiological approach to biological individuality, it seems that a foetus never becomes the organism that is present after birth. This then raises the difficult question: what happens to the foetus? We also touch on the relevance of metaphysics to biology and to ethics. You can read the paper here Click here for more about Will Support the...
Episode Description
In this episode, I talk to my Bristol MetaScience colleague, Dr Will Morgan, about his recently published paper in which he argues that if we accept the physiological approach to biological individuality, it seems that a foetus never becomes the organism that is present after birth. This then raises the difficult question: what happens to the foetus? We also touch on the relevance of metaphysics to biology and to ethics.
You can read the paper here
Click here for more about Will
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