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- Published on: 4 January 2005
- Published on: 4 January 2005Resolving the stem cell debate over body and soul.Show More
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Debate on the ethics of the therapeutic use of embryonic stem cells pits the dualist concept of the embryo as a combination of body and soul (matter and spirit) against the idea of it as a psychosomatic unity, according to Polkinghorne.[1]
Modern physics may provide an intellectual context in which to reconcile this opposition.
Quantum mechanics (QM) is a well-verified theory of...
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