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A History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate
Author(s) -
Crowe Michael J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.801997079
Subject(s) - extraterrestrial life , search for extraterrestrial intelligence , presentation (obstetrics) , epistemology , environmental ethics , history , philosophy , astrobiology , biology , medicine , radiology
From antiquity to the present, humans have debated whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe. This presentation will survey this debate, examining the roles played in it by science, religion, philosophy, and other areas of human learning. One thesis that will be developed is that whether or not extraterrestrials exist, ideas about them have strongly influenced Western thought.