Titel
One or two? A Process View of pregnancy
Abstract
How many individuals are present where we see a pregnant individual? Within a substance ontological framework, there are exactly two possible answers to this question. The standard answer—two individuals—is typically championed by scholars endorsing the predominant Containment View of pregnancy, according to which the foetus resides in the gestating organism like in a container. The alternative answer—one individual—has recently found support in the Parthood View, according to which the foetus is a part of the gestating organism. Here I propose a third answer: a pregnant individual is neither two individuals nor one individual but something in between one and two. This is because organisms are better understood as processes than as substances. With a special focus on the Parthood View, I explain why a Process View of pregnancy, according to which a pregnant individual is a bifurcating hypercomplex process, surpasses the substance ontological approaches.
Stichwort
PregnancySubstance ontologyProcess ontologyParthoodOrganismHylomorphism
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1539054
Erschienen in
Titel
Philosophical Studies
Band
179
Ausgabe
5
ISSN
0031-8116
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Seitenanfang
1495
Seitenende
1521
Verlag
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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