André Kukla

Extraterrestrials

A Philosophical Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, has attracted both praise and sharp criticism from the mainstream scientific community over the years. In Extraterrestrials: A Philosophical Perspective, André Kukla explores the important philosophical issues that are at play in this discussion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780739142448
• ISBN-10: 0739142445
• Artikelnr.: 27139867

Autorenporträt

André Kukla is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. On the Prospect of an Extraterrestrial Encounter Chapter 2. On the Pursuitworthiness of Extraterrestrial Studies Chapter 3. SETI versus CETI Chapter 4. The One World
One Science Argument Chapter 5. Innateness
Linguistic Universals
and Extraterrestrial Communication

Rezensionen

In this short and highly technical monograph, retired psychology professor Andre Kukla examines the possibility of communicating with extraterrestrials. John Rimmer's Magonia Blog, 13 January 2010 Virtually since the birth of theorizing, theorists have been enthralled by the prospect of intelligent extraterrestrial life. And in our own day a good deal of toil and treasure is being devoted to explore the possibilities. The nature of this enterprise raises many fascinating and complex question across the whole spectrum of human knowledge about life, intelligence, and language. Kukla's book provides a penetrating and instructive conspectus of the substantial array of important issue at stake. -- Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh