Philosophical perspectives on the problem of extraterrestrial signal detection

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Aug 2001

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Proc. SPIE Vol. 4273, p. 213-217, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum III, Stuart A. Kin

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SETI (the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is a unique scientific activity. Given that SETI researchers purport to study a phenomenon that has as of yet not been demonstrated to exist, some commentators claim that the field cannot in fact be called 'scientific' at all. Examining the field from a philosophical perspective, this paper will show that SETI does indeed satisfy Popperian falsificationist principles of scientific legitimacy. In addition, this paper will highlight how these principles apply to methodological diversity within SETI.

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