Atelier Écologie, Philosophie du Langage et Naturphilosophie - Pays Germaniques Cet atelier qui s’inscrit dans un cycle consacré à l’écologie allemande en 2024 et 2025, se propose d’examiner les liens féconds et multiples entre écologie, philosophie du langage et Naturphilosophie...

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Scientists claim to have found evidence of alien life. But ‘biosignatures’ might hide more than they reveal Looking at the history of ‘biosignature’ discoveries shows why they can be problematic.

In this short article for The Conversation, I look at recent claims of alien life on K2-18b, and suggest that they should be contextualised by astrobiology's long history of inconclusive results. The field’s problems might be both scientific and philosophical. #philbio @usyd-humanities.bsky.social