Towards a Philosophy of Cosmic Life: New Discussions and Interdisciplinary Views

This edited volume represents a multidisciplinary and transcultural polylogue of distinguished authors from three continents, aiming to establish innovative perspectives and open new frontiers for developing philosophical reflections and scientific foundations for cosmic life, integral ecology, and cooperative planetary civilization. The book explores process-philosophical foundations, scientific and philosophical perspectives, the Cosmic Life Principle, holographic philosophy, and the analogy of the human body to macrocosmic phenomena.

Format: Hardback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 23 August 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

Just as the six branches of a snow crystal converge in regular proportions toward their common center, the six contributions to this book point toward a future philosophy of cosmic life. In this sense, this edited volume represents a multidisciplinary and transcultural polylogue of distinguished authors from three continents, which aims to establish highly innovative perspectives and open new frontiers of developing philosophical reflections and scientific foundations for the emergence of a common cosmic consciousness, for an integral ecology, and for a cooperative planetary civilization of humanity.

John B. Cobb, Jr. uses a process-philosophical foundation to describe life as living events expressing novelty and the cosmos as a process of self-enriching and self-evolving "Life Itself." Chandra Wickramasinghe unfolds his scientific and philosophical perspective on cosmic life in twelve successive steps, offering a wide range of arguments and insights that support an up-to-date theory of panspermia.

Attila Grandpierre presents the Cosmic Life Principle and the comprehensive science based upon it that is inextricably linked to the healthy and cooperative civilization, to the biological laws of nature, to the laws of logic, to the uplifting of the well-being of people and ecological communities. Chunyou Yan introduces the approach of his holographic philosophy, according to which the universe must be understood as a vast living entity, every aspect of which represents life. Bei Peng shows that the proportions of energy meridians in traditional Chinese medicine correspond to musical intervals, and on this basis, she demonstrates the analogy of the human body to macrocosmic phenomena.

David Bartosch offers an examination of three important systematic foundations for a philosophy of cosmic life. The first foundation is the idea that the universe is a living entity, which is supported by the evidence of the emergence of life on Earth and the complexity of the universe. The second foundation is the idea that the universe is governed by laws, which are discovered through scientific inquiry and observation. The third foundation is the idea that the universe is evolving, which is supported by the evidence of the expansion of the universe and the emergence of new phenomena.

In conclusion, this edited volume represents a significant contribution to the field of philosophy of cosmic life. It offers a multidisciplinary and transcultural perspective on the emergence of a common cosmic consciousness, an integral ecology, and a cooperative planetary civilization of humanity. The contributions of the distinguished authors are insightful and innovative, and they provide a solid foundation for further research and development in this area.

Weight: 465g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789819921300
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023