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The history and philosophy of astrobiology : perspectives on extraterrestrial life and the human mind /

Human beings have wondered about the stars since the dawn of the species. Does life exist out there - intelligent life, even - or are we alone? The quest for life in the universe touches on fundamental hopes and fears. It touches on the essence of what it means to formulate a theory, grasp a concept...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dunér, David, 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a Human beings have wondered about the stars since the dawn of the species. Does life exist out there - intelligent life, even - or are we alone? The quest for life in the universe touches on fundamental hopes and fears. It touches on the essence of what it means to formulate a theory, grasp a concept, and have an imagination. This book traces the history of the science of this area and the development of new schools in philosophy. Its essays seek to establish the history and philosophy of astr ... 
505 0 |a Part I. Cognition -- part II. Communication -- part III. Culture. 
505 0 |a Introduction : extraterrestrial life and the human mind / David Dunér -- Philosophical aspects of astrobiology / Erik Persson -- Astrocognition : a cognitive zoology approach to potential universal principles of intelligence / Mathias Osvath -- The "final frontier" as metaphor for mind : opportunities to radically re-conceptualize what it means to be human / Joel Parthemore -- Pyrrhonean aporiagogics and the astrocognitive challenge / Per Lind -- Philosophical problems of the definition of extraterrestrial life and intelligence / Jean Schneider -- Evolving an extraterrestrial intelligence and its language-readiness / Michael A. Arbib -- Greetings Earthlings! : on possible features of exolanguage / Arthur Holmer -- Preparations for discussing constructivism with a Martian (the second coming) / Göran Sonesson -- The evolution of LINCOS : a language for cosmic interpretation / Maria G. Firneis and Johannes J. Leitner -- The debate over Panspermia : the case of the French botanists and plant physiologists at the beginning of the twentieth century / Stéphane Tirard -- Extraterrestrial life for the masses : Knut Lundmark and the boundaries of science / Gustav Holmberg -- The organization of astrobiology in a sociological context / Urszula K. Cyżewska -- Astrobiology and theology : uneasy partners? / Christopher C. Knight -- Some philosophical and theological implications of modern astrobiology / Ludwik Kostro -- Astrobiology : the next revolution? / Jacques Arnould. 
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