I Am Not the Zygote I Came from because a Different Singleton Could Have Come from It
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 10693489 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Chunghyoung Lee (0000-0002-7320-4325, Pohang University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2022 |
| Volumen | 131 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 295-325 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Editorial | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00318108-9743822 |
| OpenAlex | W4312324713 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 27 |
Many people believe that human beings begin to exist with the emergence of the 1-cell zygote at fertilization. I present a novel argument against this belief, one based on recently discovered facts about human embryo development. I first argue that a human zygote is developmentally plastic: A zygote that naturally develops into a singleton (i.e., develops into exactly one infant/adult without twinning) might have naturally developed into a numerically different singleton. From this, I derive the conclusion that a human infant or adult is numerically distinct from the zygote she came from and so did not begin to exist at fertilization. This implies that a zygote does not have a “future like ours” and strongly suggests that it is not a human being
Argument (complex analysis) · Biology · Embryo · Embryogenesis · Human fertilization · Pregnancy · Singleton · Zygote · Cell Biology · Genetics · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Pluripotent Stem Cells Research · Reproductive Biology and Fertility
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |