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New Work on Biosignatures

Cowie, Christopher

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Abstract

The search for extraterrestrial life centres on the search for ‘biosignatures’. Yet there is little agreement within the scientific community with respect to what exactly it is for something to be a biosignature. Existing accounts are presented and criticised. An alternative is provided that resolves problems with existing accounts by distinguishing clearly between types and tokens.

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Cowie, C. (2023). New Work on Biosignatures. Mind, 133(530), 452-471. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzad050

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 8, 2023
Online Publication Date Oct 12, 2023
Publication Date Oct 12, 2023
Deposit Date Sep 15, 2023
Publicly Available Date Nov 8, 2023
Journal Mind
Print ISSN 0026-4423
Electronic ISSN 1460-2113
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 133
Issue 530
Pages 452-471
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzad050
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1739496

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Cowie 2023. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com






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