tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post924191102879248998..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: What is a placenta? (And why does it matter?)Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-8725727886517912012013-01-20T11:57:24.489-06:002013-01-20T11:57:24.489-06:00This reminds me of the Tibbles problem. Tibbles t...This reminds me of the Tibbles problem. Tibbles the cat is a normal cat, and Tibbs is a cat without a tail, that is identical in all other respects to Tibbles. Tibbles loses his tail in an accident. Now Tibbles is identical with Tibbs. Is there any non-anti-intuitive way of resolving this problem? Does Tibbs always exist? Did Tibbles cease to exist? Does Tibbs have no history in common Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-65373786617791712862013-01-16T21:35:51.662-06:002013-01-16T21:35:51.662-06:00Not sure if I'm following. Sounds like I shoul...Not sure if I'm following. Sounds like I should read Camosy. <br /><br />Sure--if you think fetuses ought to be protected, you ought to protect placentas too--like you'd protect the old man's cane. But the real question is when you and I come into existence--as zygotes or later? The problem with saying "as zygotes" is that zygotes are package deals. Inside the package you Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-51858828623384083132013-01-16T20:33:51.260-06:002013-01-16T20:33:51.260-06:00Interesting. So first, let me get this out of the...Interesting. So first, let me get this out of the way, I don't think the placenta and the fetus are identical. But in light of what I'm reading right now, (You know what it is Jean) let me try to explicate it from the Catholic perspective the best I can (assuming Camosy is doing a good job of representing the Catholic position, and I'm doing a good job representing him). <br /><br Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.com