PHILOSOPHERS BEFORE AND AFTER SPACEFLIGHT

Authors

  • Fabio Grigenti University of Padova Department f Philosophy

Abstract

In my contribution, I will show the ways by which philosophers have treated the topic of space-travel before and after its implementation. I will discuss the following points: a) Introduction: the human condition. b) Philosophers before spaceflight: the Astolfo Protocol. c) Philosophers after spaceflight: the Promethean suspect. In this paper I will emphasize the elements of two different and alternative visions of spaceflight that can be found in the Western tradition of  philosophical thought.

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Arendt, H. (2007). The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man. The New Atlantis, 18, 43–55.

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Kuhn, T. (1977). The essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change. University of Chichago.

Lucian of Samosata, (160 AD). Alethe dinuemata. (A True Story).

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Published

24-12-2011

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Grigenti, F. (2011). PHILOSOPHERS BEFORE AND AFTER SPACEFLIGHT. Annales Kinesiologiae, 2(2). Retrieved from http://ojs.zrs-kp.si/index.php/AK/article/view/77

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011)

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