Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion: Extraterrestrial Life in a Process Universe

Andrew M. Davis; Roland Faber

doi:10.5771/9781666944372

Summary

Astrophilosopy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion: Extraterrestrial Life in a Process Universe applies Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy and the associated process philosophies of Henri Bergson, Teilhard de Chardin, and others to the interdisciplinary layers of astrobiology, extraterrestrial life, and the impact of discovery. This collection, edited by Andrew M. Davis and Roland Faber, asks questions such as “How have process thinkers imagined universal creative evolution and its implications for philosophies, theologies, and religions beyond earth?” and “How might their claims as to the primacy of organism, temporality, novelty, value, and mind enrich current discussions and debates across disciplines?”

As experts in their fields, the contributors are informed by, but not limited to, process conceptualities. The chapters not only advance recent discussions in astrobiology, cosmology, and evolution but also consider a constellation of philosophical topics, from shared extraterrestrial knowledge and values to the possibilities or limitations afforded by A.I. technology, the Fermi Paradox, the Drake Equation, and the increasing need to nurture the cosmic dimensions of theological and religious traditions.

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-66694-436-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-4437-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 554
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Figures and Tables No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 44
1. Prospects for a Universal Philosophy of Organism No access
2. The Cosmological Context of the Origin of Life No access
3. The Organic Universe and Otherworldly Lives No access
4. The Connection-Action Principle No access
5. Astrobiological Searches for Life and Shared Knowledge No access
1. Evolution Connected to Theory of Value by Process-Relational Astrotheology and Cosmotheology No access
2. Astrobiology, Astrotheology, and Cosmic Consciousness No access
3. Astrobiology, Cosmotheology, and the Biological Universe No access
4. From Negation to Exemplification No access
1. Religious Belief and the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life No access
2. “Worlds as Numerous as the Grains of Sand of the Ganges” No access
3. Multiplicity without Tyranny No access
4. Extending the Noosphere into Intergalactic Life No access
5. Astrobiology without Biology No access
6. A Darker Forest? No access
7. Epilogue No access
Index No access Pages 539 - 546
About the Contributors No access Pages 547 - 554