Birth
Edited by Maja Sidzińska (University of Pennsylvania)
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Summary | Philosophy of birth may engage or occur within a number of areas of philosophical research: metaphysics, philosophy of biology, bioethics, feminist philosophy, history of philosophy, phenomenology, and sometimes political philosophy. As such, birth is a topic or a theme in philosophy, rather than a cohesive area of research, although in many cases it lies at some intersection of the aforementioned areas. Discussions about birth may regard questions about when organisms, human beings, or persons, begin to exist; they may regard comparative questions about birth and reproduction across biological taxa; they may regard medical and bioethical questions about birth having to do with patient autonomy, modes of birth including vaginal delivery and cesarean section, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), and risk; they may regard questions about sex, gender, and birth, for instance, questions about how the birthing woman or birthing person is, or is not, feminized, discriminated against, oppressed, or exploited; they may regard questions about the history of birth, midwifery, and obstetric care; and they may regard questions about birth as a phenomenal experience or as a political or other kind of metaphor. |
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David Bourget (Western Ontario) David Chalmers (ANU, NYU) Area Editors: David Bourget Gwen Bradford Berit Brogaard Margaret Cameron David Chalmers James Chase Rafael De Clercq Ezio Di Nucci Esa Diaz-Leon Barry Hallen Hans Halvorson Jonathan Ichikawa Michelle Kosch Øystein Linnebo JeeLoo Liu Paul Livingston Brandon Look Manolo Martínez Matthew McGrath Michiru Nagatsu Susana Nuccetelli Giuseppe Primiero Jack Alan Reynolds Darrell P. Rowbottom Aleksandra Samonek Constantine Sandis Howard Sankey Jonathan Schaffer Thomas Senor Robin Smith Daniel Star Jussi Suikkanen Aness Kim Webster Other editors Contact us Learn more about PhilPapers |