Add to ORKGIn lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Aside from the certainty of birth and death, all other qualities of human life are propositional. We were born; we will die … these are the axiomatic statements of human life – i.e., self-evident. We need no proof of their truth, certainly there can be no argument. Anything else we say about human life contains the words “if” and “then” as bridge elements of the inherent uncertainty of life. This “if/then” grammatical structure implies by necessity the influence of external factors that determine and qualify their truth content. If I live until I am 14, then my voice may by then have changed. If I live until I am 24 then I may by then graduate with a BA etc. If/then bridges t...
Post-printIn addressing bioethical issues at the beginning of human life, such as abortion, in vitro...
In this paper, I make two arguments: 1) There is a solipsistic layer in meaning in life, which I cal...
One of the most controversial topics in modern bioethics, science, and philosophy is the beginning o...
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Aside from the certainty of birth ...
Is “human life” strictly a biological phenomenon measured from the moment when sperm and egg combine...
Some commentators argue that conception constitutes the onset of human personhood in a metaphysical ...
Post-print“When did I, a human person, begin to exist?” In developing an answer to this question, I...
The following essay was delivered at the conference “Ontogeny and Human Life” at the Ponifical Athen...
The problem of auto-transcendence still baffles philosophers and scholars of philosophical Anthropol...
This article is essentially a philosophical engagement with the first part of Michael Thompson's boo...
To determine when the life of a human organism begins, Mark T. Brown has developed the somatic integ...
What could it mean to hesitate before life? To be unwilling or unable to affirm existence? And who o...
This article seeks to show that death prevents one’s life from being meaningful on balance. Proponen...
The paper is a reflection on ancient Basotho’s conception of death. For ancient Basotho, death...
In this paper, I argue for what I call the extended existential passage hypothesis, which entails, f...
Post-printIn addressing bioethical issues at the beginning of human life, such as abortion, in vitro...
In this paper, I make two arguments: 1) There is a solipsistic layer in meaning in life, which I cal...
One of the most controversial topics in modern bioethics, science, and philosophy is the beginning o...
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Aside from the certainty of birth ...
Is “human life” strictly a biological phenomenon measured from the moment when sperm and egg combine...
Some commentators argue that conception constitutes the onset of human personhood in a metaphysical ...
Post-print“When did I, a human person, begin to exist?” In developing an answer to this question, I...
The following essay was delivered at the conference “Ontogeny and Human Life” at the Ponifical Athen...
The problem of auto-transcendence still baffles philosophers and scholars of philosophical Anthropol...
This article is essentially a philosophical engagement with the first part of Michael Thompson's boo...
To determine when the life of a human organism begins, Mark T. Brown has developed the somatic integ...
What could it mean to hesitate before life? To be unwilling or unable to affirm existence? And who o...
This article seeks to show that death prevents one’s life from being meaningful on balance. Proponen...
The paper is a reflection on ancient Basotho’s conception of death. For ancient Basotho, death...
In this paper, I argue for what I call the extended existential passage hypothesis, which entails, f...
Post-printIn addressing bioethical issues at the beginning of human life, such as abortion, in vitro...
In this paper, I make two arguments: 1) There is a solipsistic layer in meaning in life, which I cal...
One of the most controversial topics in modern bioethics, science, and philosophy is the beginning o...