tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post112071244460167491..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Individual Human LifeRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1120895504632513052005-07-09T03:51:00.000-04:002005-07-09T03:51:00.000-04:00Ha, yes, such questions raise difficulties for the...Ha, yes, such questions raise difficulties for the non-reductionist. (Though I myself am inclined towards Parfit's reductionism about personal identity, so I deny that such questions have any deep significance - see <A HREF="http://pixnaps.blogspot.com/2005/02/self-divided.html#110966120232708395" REL="nofollow">here</A>.)Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1120895246004954162005-07-09T03:47:00.000-04:002005-07-09T03:47:00.000-04:00Further complicating the issue is what precisely i...Further complicating the issue is what precisely is meant by "conception." Commonly conception means when a sperm and egg combine, while scientists often mean implantation.<BR/><BR/>The possibility of twins is also an important point to raise. Sometimes a zygote can split and then merge back together - does that mean one human person became two and then one of them died upon merging back together?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com