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The Constitution of the Human Embryo as Substantial Change.
- Source :
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Journal of Medicine & Philosophy . Apr2016, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p172-191. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper analyzes the transformation from the human zygote to the implanted embryo under the prism of substantial change. After a brief introduction, it vindicates the Aristotelian ideas of substance and accident, and those of substantial and accidental change. It then claims that the transformation from the multicelled zygote to the implanted embryo amounts to a substantial change. Pushing further, it contends that this substantial change cannot be explained following patterns of genetic reductionism, emergence, and self-organization, and proposes Gustavo Bueno's idea of anamorphosis as a means to encapsulate criticism against such positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03605310
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Medicine & Philosophy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113503081
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhv062