#630 Suki Finn: Epistemology of Logic, the Philosophy of Love, and the Metaphysics of Pregnancy
RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 23rd 2022.
Dr. Suki Finn is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London. Her research spans the areas of metametaphysics, the metaphysics of pregnancy, the epistemology of logic, and feminist and queer theory. She is the editor of ‘Women of Ideas’ published with Oxford University Press which is a selection of interviews with women from Philosophy Bites. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; she is on the Executive Committee for the Society for Women in Philosophy UK; she is on the Council for the Royal Institute of Philosophy; and she is a Union Committee member for RHUL UCU.
In this episode, we talk about the epistemology of logic, the philosophy of love, and the metaphysics of pregnancy. We first discuss the epistemology of logic, and the relationship between logic and rationality. We then get into the philosophy of love, and talk about unconditional love, Bayesian probability theory, and games like poker. Finally, we discuss the metaphysics of pregnancy, and go through questions like if the fetus if a part of the mother, abortion, birth, and pregnancy-related technologies.
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Intro
The epistemology of logic, and rationality
The philosophy of love
Does unconditional love exist?
Understanding love using Bayesian probability theory
Is love like poker?
The metaphysics of pregnancy
Is the fetus part of the mother?
Abortion
Birth
The ethics of pregnancy
Ectogenetive and ectogestative technologies
Artificial womb technologies
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