GALAKTIČKI DARVINIZAM: EPISTEMOLOŠKI ZNAČAJ ASTROBIOLOGIJE ZA TEORIJU EVOLUCIJE
GALACTIC DARWINISM: EPISTEMOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ASTROBIOLOGY FOR THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Author(s): Milan M. Ćirković, Biljana StojkovićSubject(s): Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Philosophy of Biology; naturalism; abiogenesis; astrobiology; evolvability; search for the alien intelligence (SETI);
Summary/Abstract: In this article we suggest that the new multidisciplinary field of astrobiology, as a set of the most general research programs dealing with life in its cosmic context is not only useful, but indeed necessary for the full epistemological and methodological justification of the theory of biological evolution. For this purpose, we use three examples of major problems in the philosophy of biology, namely the question of the universality of evolutionary mechanisms, the problem of the origin of the biological hierarchy and the evolvability of evolution problem, which are difficult to adress without significant influence of Astrobiology results. We will also consider some of the consequences this has concerning the very philosophy of biology, traditionally understood.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 60/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 101-109
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Serbian