How Many Organisms during a Pregnancy?

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 pre...

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Published in:Philosophy of science 2020-12, Vol.87 (5), p.1049-1060
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Biology
Counting
Immunology
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Placenta
Pregnancy
Recombination
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Pregnancy
Recombination
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