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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Cognition
- part II. Communication
- part III. Culture.
- 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.