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What is to reproduce? On the overlap, development, and persistence account of reproduction

Abstract:
Monika Piotrowska has defended a new account of reproduction. Her account seems able to answer the question of whether reproduction takes place, and who reproduces, when we employ biotechnologies that bear little to no resemblance to naturally occurring human sexual reproduction. Piotrowska's account also seems to increase our understanding of biological individuality and seems to be compatible with the theory of evolution via natural selection. In this paper, I do two things. First, I show that Piotrowska's account is found wanting, because it is extensionally inadequate. Second, I show that her criticism of James Grisemer's account of reproduction is mistaken.
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Published
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10.1093/pq/pqae071

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Research group:
Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-3825-5311


Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
Philosophical Quarterly More from this journal
Volume:
74
Issue:
4
Pages:
1376–1385
Publication date:
2024-07-04
Acceptance date:
2024-06-20
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EISSN:
1467-9213
ISSN:
0031-8094


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English
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Pubs id:
2015047
Local pid:
pubs:2015047
Deposit date:
2024-08-08

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