Life as a cosmic phenomenon facing human culture
Abstract We present perspectives from six panellists on “Life as a cosmic phenomenon facing human culture”, contrasting our experience and knowledge of life as found on Earth with the vastness of the Universe and the fact that Earth-centric and/or anthropocentric views have repeatedly proven untenable. How does an outwards view of projecting Earth-based experience into the cosmos combine with the inwards view of the potential detection of life beyond Earth telling us who we are?
Authors
- Shoaib Ahmed Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5050-474X)
- Olli‐Pekka Vainio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8823-2356)
- Daniela de Paulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8744-8489)
- Erik Persson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-948X)
- Istvan Praet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2810-3266)
- Perig Pitrou
- Ricky J. Lee
- Martin Dominik
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- Lund University (SE)
- Durham University (GB)
- Maison Française d'Oxford
- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921325000274
- Primary Topic
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00