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Will We Ever Philosophise With E.T.?

Malcolm E. Brown & Steve Hubbard argue that it’s unlikely.

Our inquisitive species has long wanted to know if intelligent beings exist on other planets. The last century gave us the technology to actively seek an answer, and the last decade a heightening sense that an answer may be within reach. This quest exquisitely blends philosophy and science, but within it natural science has overwhelmed philosophy, and social science has been almost ignored. If we cannot redress those imbalances here, we at least hope to highlight them.

Each of us thinks, ‘I am here’.

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