| 书目名称 | Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination |
| 副标题 | SETI at the Intersec |
| 编辑 | John Traphagan |
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| 概述 | Raises important questions about how scientific aims and assumptions can be shaped by culture and influenced by religious views.Explores the overlap between culture, religion and SETI from the perspec |
| 丛书名称 | Space and Society |
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| 描述 | The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) represents one of the most significant crossroads at which the assumptions and methods of scientific inquiry come into direct contact with—and in many cases conflict with—those of religion. Indeed, at the core of SETI is the same question that motivates many interested in religion: What is the place of humanity in the universe? Both scientists involved with SETI (and in other areas) and those interested in and dedicated to some religious traditions are engaged in contemplating these types of questions, even if their respective approaches and answers differ significantly. This book explores this intersection with a focus on three core points: 1) the relationship between science and religion as it is expressed within the framework of SETI research, 2) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways in which SETI researchers have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and 3) what sort of empirical evidence we might be able to access as a way of thinki |
| 出版日期 | Book 2015 |
| 关键词 | Alien Contact; Alien Intelligence Contact; Extraterrestrial Intelligence; Extraterrestrial Life; Impact |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10551-2 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-10551-2Series ISSN 2199-3882 Series E-ISSN 2199-3890 |
| issn_series | 2199-3882 |
| copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 |
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