{"title":"A philosophical perspective about the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe","authors":"B. Nascimento-Dias","doi":"10.1017/s1473550423000010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n The main idea is to present the general aspects of the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe from a Philosophy of Science perspective. The methodology used to develop this paper was through the intersection of favourable and unfavourable arguments from practitioners of science in the field of modern Astrobiology. The results were quite interesting and the historical crossover between the different arguments provides a great perspective on the research programme for the search for extraterrestrial life. Finally, although there is in fact no evidence that extraterrestrial life exists, the search for extraterrestrial life should not be considered as mere speculation. In the end, there are increasing indications that something extraordinary may be about to be found, whether on Mars, Europa, Enceladus or on some exoplanet.","PeriodicalId":13879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Astrobiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Astrobiology","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1473550423000010","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The main idea is to present the general aspects of the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe from a Philosophy of Science perspective. The methodology used to develop this paper was through the intersection of favourable and unfavourable arguments from practitioners of science in the field of modern Astrobiology. The results were quite interesting and the historical crossover between the different arguments provides a great perspective on the research programme for the search for extraterrestrial life. Finally, although there is in fact no evidence that extraterrestrial life exists, the search for extraterrestrial life should not be considered as mere speculation. In the end, there are increasing indications that something extraordinary may be about to be found, whether on Mars, Europa, Enceladus or on some exoplanet.
期刊介绍:
International Journal of Astrobiology is the peer-reviewed forum for practitioners in this exciting interdisciplinary field. Coverage includes cosmic prebiotic chemistry, planetary evolution, the search for planetary systems and habitable zones, extremophile biology and experimental simulation of extraterrestrial environments, Mars as an abode of life, life detection in our solar system and beyond, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the history of the science of astrobiology, as well as societal and educational aspects of astrobiology. Occasionally an issue of the journal is devoted to the keynote plenary research papers from an international meeting. A notable feature of the journal is the global distribution of its authors.