The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, has attracted both praise and sharp criticism from the mainstream scientific community over the years. In Extraterrestrials: A Philosophical Perspective, André Kukla explores the important philosophical issues that are at play in this discussion.
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Chapter 1. On the Prospect of an Extraterrestrial Encounter Chapter 2. On the Pursuitworthiness of Extraterrestrial Studies Chapter 3. SETI versus CETI Chapter 4. The One World, One Science Argument Chapter 5. Innateness, Linguistic Universals, and Extraterrestrial Communication