This volume addresses philosophical questions raised by the possibility of alien life and extraterrestrial intelligence. The different philosophical perspectives and approaches presented across the chapters will provide a foundation for future work on exophilosophy.
This volume addresses philosophical questions raised by the possibility of alien life and extraterrestrial intelligence. The different philosophical perspectives and approaches presented across the chapters will provide a foundation for future work on exophilosophy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Richard Playford is currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at Leeds Trinity University. He holds a PhD from the University of Reading. His most recent publication, prior to this, co-authored with Stephen Bullivant and Janet Siefert, is God and Astrobiology (2024).
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Introduction Richard Playford Part 1: Identity and Identification 1. Is Life Observable? Thomas Metcalf and Chelsea Haramia 2. How to Think About UFOs Robert CB Miller Part 2: Ethics and Values 3. We Come in Peace: Our Metaphysical Obligations to Aliens Richard Playford 4. Hegelian Aliens: A Call for Cosmic Completion Lewis Howeth 5. Music of the Spheres: Could Aliens Understand Music? Gregory Stacey Part 3: Communication 6. Alien Words: Some Difficulties with Pre-Dysonian SETI Robert CB Miller 7. If An Alien Could Talk, Could We Understand It? David Ellis Part 4: Religion 8. Dharmic Perspectives on Exophilosophy: The Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Traditions on the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Jeffery D. Long 9. Abrahamic Perspectives on Exophilosophy: The Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions on the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Richard Playford 10. If Not God, then...Aliens? The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis and Popular Atheism Stephen Bullivant
Introduction Richard Playford Part 1: Identity and Identification 1. Is Life Observable? Thomas Metcalf and Chelsea Haramia 2. How to Think About UFOs Robert CB Miller Part 2: Ethics and Values 3. We Come in Peace: Our Metaphysical Obligations to Aliens Richard Playford 4. Hegelian Aliens: A Call for Cosmic Completion Lewis Howeth 5. Music of the Spheres: Could Aliens Understand Music? Gregory Stacey Part 3: Communication 6. Alien Words: Some Difficulties with Pre-Dysonian SETI Robert CB Miller 7. If An Alien Could Talk, Could We Understand It? David Ellis Part 4: Religion 8. Dharmic Perspectives on Exophilosophy: The Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Traditions on the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Jeffery D. Long 9. Abrahamic Perspectives on Exophilosophy: The Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions on the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Richard Playford 10. If Not God, then...Aliens? The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis and Popular Atheism Stephen Bullivant
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