1st Edition
Exophilosophy The Philosophical Implications of Alien Life
Introduction Richard Playford
Part 1: Identity and Identification
1. Is Life Observable? Thomas Metcalf and Chelsea Haramia
2. How to Think About UFOs Robert CB Miller
Part 2: Ethics and Values
3. We Come in Peace: Our Metaphysical Obligations to Aliens Richard Playford
4. Hegelian Aliens: A Call for Cosmic Completion Lewis Howeth
5. Music of the Spheres: Could Aliens Understand Music? Gregory Stacey
Part 3: Communication
6. Alien Words: Some Difficulties with Pre-Dysonian SETI Robert CB Miller
7. If An Alien Could Talk, Could We Understand It? David Ellis
Part 4: Religion
8. Dharmic Perspectives on Exophilosophy: The Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Traditions on the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Jeffery D. Long
9. Abrahamic Perspectives on Exophilosophy: The Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions on the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Richard Playford
10. If Not God, then...Aliens? The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis and Popular Atheism Stephen Bullivant
Biography
Richard Playford is currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion at Leeds Trinity University. He holds a PhD from the University of Reading. His most recent publication, prior to this, co-authored with Stephen Bullivant and Janet Siefert, is God and Astrobiology (2024).
“The philosophical significance of discovering life beyond Earth is both haunting and immense. This book is a wonderful advancement of current discourse on the philosophical implications of extraterrestrial life.”
Andrew M. Davis, The Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology, USA
