Philosophy · 04. February 2023
The growing understanding of astronomy has elicited a heated philosophical debate regarding the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations. Throughout the essay, I will aim to defend my contention that there are no good reasons to conclusively believe that the absence of extraterrestrial civilisation would be bad news. Prior to defending this view, it is essential to outline how the extraterrestrial life debate was developed and later I shall explain why the absence of extra-terrestrial..