Arjun Devanesan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5969842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arjun Devanesan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arjun |
| FAMILY NAME | Devanesan |
| SIGNATURE | DEVANESAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7715-6287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ethical implications of the mereology of pregnancy
It is often argued that in reproductive ethics, moral arguments rely on scientific facts of the matter, some controversial metaphysical assumptions and some crucial analogy. They usually take the form: given some scientific fact about fetuses or pregnancy and some metaphysical assumptions, pregnancy is analogous to some other scenario where some norm applies. If so, that norm should apply to pregnancy as well. Recently, Kingma proposed that, cont…
Are Physiological Individuals Evolutionary Individuals? The Case of the Holobiont
In this article, I present the immunological account of physiological individuality courtesy of Thomas Pradeu and the evolutionary account of biological individuality from Ellen Clarke. I argue that in combination, the logic of these two accounts implies that all physiological individuals are capable of undergoing evolution by natural selection. The main objection to this view is the case of holobionts. Here I argue that this objection is unjusti…
Pregnancy, a test case for immunology
The traditional conception of immune function is that of a system which differentiates the organism’s own tissues (the self) from any foreign invaders (nonself), preserving the former by rejecting the latter. In a mammalian pregnancy, however, the immunologically foreign foetus is accepted by the gestator’s immune system. This presents a serious challenge to the self–nonself theory which has sometimes been called the immunological paradox of preg…
The Reference Class Problem and Probabilities in the Individual Case
In a recent article on the interpretation of probability in evidence-based medical practice, Jonathan Fuller argues that we should interpret probabilities as credences in individual cases because this avoids some important problems. In this article, I argue that Fuller misidentifies the real issue and so fails to offer a meaningful solution to it. The real problem with making probability judgments in individual cases is deciding which objective c…
Medical nihilism
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Medical nihilism
The Reference Class Problem and Probabilities in the Individual Case
In a recent article on the interpretation of probability in evidence-based medical practice, Jonathan Fuller argues that we should interpret probabilities as credences in individual cases because this avoids some important problems. In this article, I argue that Fuller misidentifies the real issue and so fails to offer a meaningful solution to it. The real problem with making probability judgments in individual cases is deciding which objective c…
Pregnancy, a test case for immunology
The traditional conception of immune function is that of a system which differentiates the organism’s own tissues (the self) from any foreign invaders (nonself), preserving the former by rejecting the latter. In a mammalian pregnancy, however, the immunologically foreign foetus is accepted by the gestator’s immune system. This presents a serious challenge to the self–nonself theory which has sometimes been called the immunological paradox of preg…
Are Physiological Individuals Evolutionary Individuals? The Case of the Holobiont
In this article, I present the immunological account of physiological individuality courtesy of Thomas Pradeu and the evolutionary account of biological individuality from Ellen Clarke. I argue that in combination, the logic of these two accounts implies that all physiological individuals are capable of undergoing evolution by natural selection. The main objection to this view is the case of holobionts. Here I argue that this objection is unjusti…
Ethical implications of the mereology of pregnancy
It is often argued that in reproductive ethics, moral arguments rely on scientific facts of the matter, some controversial metaphysical assumptions and some crucial analogy. They usually take the form: given some scientific fact about fetuses or pregnancy and some metaphysical assumptions, pregnancy is analogous to some other scenario where some norm applies. If so, that norm should apply to pregnancy as well. Recently, Kingma proposed that, cont…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Evolutionary biology (2 works) · Genetics (2 works) · Genetics (2 works) · Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Pregnancy (2 works)