Extra-Terrestrial Life
Why did early modern philosophers posit legions of blissful aliens to help solve the problem of evil? Is life essentially terrestrial? Does SETI count as a scientific enterprise? If Martians could talk, would we ever be able to understand them? Join Megan and Frank as they philosophize about our friends from the final frontier!
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Hosts' Websites:
Frank J. Cabrera - Research (google.com)
Email: [email protected]
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Bibliography:
Defense Department announces new UFO task force - CBS News
Plutarch • On the Face in the Moon (Part 1 of 4) (uchicago.edu)
Lucretius - On the Nature of Things by Lucretius (mit.edu)
Pearce, K. - Space Aliens and Skeptical Theism (blog.kennypearce.net)
Draper, P. (1989) Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists on JSTOR
Fantastically Wrong: Why the Guy Who Discovered Uranus Thought There's Life on the Sun | WIRED
There Is Only One Other Planet In Our Galaxy That Could Be Earth-Like, Say Scientists (forbes.com)
Rare Earth hypothesis: Why we might really be alone in the universe | Astronomy.com
Pseudoscience and the Demarcation Problem | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (utm.edu)
A More Parsimonious Explanation for UFO Abduction on JSTOR
75 Years Ago, 'War Of The Worlds' Started A Panic. Or Did It? : The Two-Way : NPR
Whitmore, J. (1995). Religious Dimensions of the UFO Abductee Experience ("UFO abductions seem to be primarily an American phenomenon; although several important cases have been reported outside the U.S., some argue that abductions are mainly confined to this country.", p. 81)
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Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts
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