BONUS|Twinning and the Metaphysics of Embryos w/ Dr. Richard Playford
Summary
What is an embryo and what happens when identical twins are formed? Does the metaphysics of twinning call into question the view that embryos are human beings? How should we understand the mathematics and metaphysics of twinning? Dr. Richard Playford joins us to tackle these questions and more.
Guest Bio
Dr. Richard Playford is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at St Mary’s University Twickenham. He completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Reading in 2017 where his thesis was on Aristotelian natural law ethics. He also runs a YouTube channel The Philosopher’s Cave. He will also be working in religion and astrobiology due to a grant from the International Research Network for the study of Science and Belief.
Resources
The Metaphysics (and Mathematics) of Identical Twins (journal article) by Dr. Richard Playford
The Philosopher’s Cave (Dr. Richard Playford’s Youtube channel)
Richard Playford’s personal website
The Metaphysics of Good and Evil by Dr. David Oderberg (Note: Oderberg was Richard Playford’s doctoral dissertation adviser)
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