How many individuals are present where we see a pregnant individual? Within a substance ontological framework, there are exactly two possible answers to this question. The standard answer—two individuals—is typically championed by scholars endorsing the predominant Containment View of pregnancy, according to which the foetus resides in the gestating organism like in a container. The alternative answer—one individual—has recently found support in the Parthood View, according to which the foetus is a part of the gestating organism. Here I propose a third answer: a pregnant individual is neither two individuals nor one individual but something in between one and two. This is because organisms are better understood as processes than as substances. With a special focus on the Parthood View, I explain why a Process View of pregnancy, according to which a pregnant individual is a bifurcating hypercomplex process, surpasses the substance ontological approaches.

我们看到怀孕的人有多少人在场？在实体本体论框架内，这个问题恰好有两种可能的答案。标准答案——两个人——通常由支持怀孕的主要遏制观点的学者支持，根据该观点，胎儿像容器一样居住在妊娠有机体中。另一种答案——一个人——最近在 Parthood View 中找到了支持，根据该观点，胎儿是妊娠有机体的一部分。这里我提出第三个答案：怀孕的个体既不是两个个体，也不是一个个体，而是介于一到两个之间的东西。这是因为有机体被更好地理解为过程而不是物质。特别关注部分视图，我解释了为什么怀孕的过程视图，