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Frontiers of astrobiology and the humanities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2023

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Julian Chela-Flores*
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Visiting Scientist, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (an IAEA/UNESCO Institute), Trieste, Italy
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Author for correspondence: Julian Chela-Flores, E-mail: chelaf@ictp.it, http://www.ictp.it/~chelaf/index.html
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Abstract

One of the main objectives of astrobiology is to understand the distribution of life in the universe, for microbial life, as well as for the search of extra-terrestrial intelligence, both of which would force upon us new problems in philosophy, including ethics and theology. The question of astrobiology and the humanities being such a broad topic, in the present paper we have limited our discussion of the Frontiers of Astrobiology and the Humanities to the single topic: ‘Independence of science (astrobiology) from philosophy and theology’. We have argued along the lines of this narrower thesis, but restricting our theological discussion strictly to a Judeo-Christian perspective.

Keywords

Astrotheologyethics (moral philosophy)intelligibility of the universenatural theologyphilosophySETI project
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Research Article
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2023 , pp. 229 - 237
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