How Many Organisms during a Pregnancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10706192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Grose (University of Southampton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1049-1060 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/710542 |
| OpenAlex | W3040862151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 26 |
Mammalian placental pregnancy is a neglected problem case for theories of organismality. This example is closer to home than those typically discussed within philosophy of biology. I apply evolutionary and immunological accounts of organismality to the “counting question”: How many organisms are present during a placental pregnancy? I conclude that an evolutionary approach yields the answer two, because of bottlenecking, germ-soma sequestration, and sexual recombination. By contrast, an immunological approach answers one, because of pervasive interactions across the placenta. This analysis expands and refines recent work on a biologically informed metaphysics of pregnancy, an undertheorized area of philosophy of science
Biology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Evolutionary biology · Evolutionary theory · Fetus · Metaphysics · Placenta · Pregnancy · Soma · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Genetics · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive System and Pregnancy
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |