You awake now?
If transience is the reason undeveloped stages are actually
"whole", then everything in the universe is "whole" - and the
word loses meaning. Transient states are entirely relevant to
determining what is whole, especially when you are talking about
biological organisms that are grown. The state of "undeveloped"
is antonymous to the state of "whole", especially when you are
talking about biological reproduction. The fetus is the stage of
development where the parts needed to function as a whole human
being are being grown/assembled. A fetus is an undeveloped
reproductive state; a baby is not. The birth of a baby is a clear
finish-line in the process of human sexual reproduction.
"Undeveloped" = "being produced"; "developed" = "product(ion)
finished" (post-reproduction).
-Mark
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Not really awake yet this morning, but if I understand what
you're
saying correctly, then my reply is:
Developmental stages and relationships are not essential
characteristics, they are transient characteristics.
Regards,
Tom Knapp
Tom,
> I would take issue with your position that a fetus "is a whole
> organism of that species". I don't think the early
developmental
> stage in the life-cycle of the species, where the nutrient-cord
> is still attached and functioning and virtually nothing
(organs,
> etc) is complete enough (ready) to function alone, can be
> classified as a whole organism. It is an undeveloped stage and
is
> literally and physically still a PART of the "whole organism"
> (its womb/uterus) that is incubating / reproducing it. Such a
> stage seems pretty antithetical to "whole" and pretty well
suited
> for "a part".
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