The Extraterrestrial Life debate in different cultures
arXiv:1003.0277
Abstract
Surprisingly, the question "Is there Life in the Universe outside Earth?" has been raised, in rational terms, almost only in the western literature throughout the ages. In a first part I justify this statement. Then I try to develop an explanation of this fact by analyzing the different aspects of the notion of decentration.
In press in the Proceedings of the Pathways Toward Habitable Planets conference (Barcelona 2009), Foresto, Gelino and Ribas Eds