• A brief epistemological discussion of astrotheology in the light of astrobiology 

      Chon Torres, Octavio Alfonso; Szocik, Konrad (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
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      Astrotheology is presented as a discipline of study that manages to complement theology and science. It considers that each one has its own role and that as long as there is no reductionism that wants to monopolize the ...
    • Astrobiology and its influence on the renewal of the way we see the world from the teloempathic, educational and astrotheological perspective 

      Chon Torres, Octavio Alfonso (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
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      There is a record of the positive effects of astrobiological research for the natural sciences and eventually for their technological use on Earth. However, on the philosophical effects, this is not as visible as the ...
    • Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy 

      Chon Torres, Octavio Alfonso; Peters, Ted; Seckbach, Joseph; Gordon, Richard (Wiley, 2021)
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      Astrobiology is an exploding discipline in which not only the natural sciences, but also the social sciences and humanities converge. Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is a multidisciplinary book that presents ...
    • Conceptual discussion around the notion of the human being as an inter and multiplanetary species 

      Chon Torres, Octavio Alfonso; Murga Moreno, C. A. (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
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      The current advances in our exploration of Mars have made us think of the human species as a multiplanetary species. However, we have certain challenges before we can truly consider ourselves such a species, especially ...
    • Expansion of humanity in space: Utopia or dystopia? 

      Chon Torres, Octavio Alfonso (Oxford University Press, 2023)
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      As humanity progresses as a civilization, sooner or later it will have to venture into the establishment of off-Earth colonies. When that happens it will raise the challenge of what kind of society we want for those contexts. ...
    • Mars: A free planet? 

      Chon Torres, Octavio Alfonso (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
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      We are witnessing the enormous breakthroughs of space technology, which will eventually allow us to reach Mars. However, it seems that the technological evolution is expanding at a faster rate than the moral development. ...