Astrobiology and human culture
From left to right:
Edoardo Boncinelli, Card. Carlo Maria Martini and Julian Chela-Flores
Cattedra di non credenti,
(November, 1998)1. Chela-Flores, J. (1999a). Gli alberi della vita
In: Carlo Maria Martini Orizzonti e limiti della scienza Decima Cattedra di non credenti,
Elio Sindoni and Corrado Sinigaglia, eds. In "Scienze e Idee", directed by Giulio Giorello. Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano, pp. 43-50.
The session on the biological sciences was coordinated by His Eminence Card. Carlo Maria Martini (centre in the image), with the participation of Edoardo Boncinelli (left in the image) and Julian Chela-Flores (right).
For a recent explanation of the significance of the "Cattedra di non credenti", we refer to the book:
"Il mio novecento",
Carlo Maria Martini,
Centro Ambrosiano, Milan, 2006, pp. 64-66.
2. Chela-Flores, J. (1999 b). Dialogo Carlo Maria Martini e Julian Chela-Flores,
In: Carlo Maria Martini Orizzonti e limiti della scienza Decima Cattedra di non credenti. Elio Sindoni and Corrado Sinigaglia, eds. In "Scienze e Idee", directed by Giulio Giorello. Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano, pp. 65-68.
Other Works on Astrobiology and Human Culture Aretxaga, R., Chela-Flores, J. y Mayz-Vallenilla, E. (2003) "Astrobiología y Filosofía" Letras de Deusto (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Vol. 33, nº 98, pp. 187-224. J. Chela-Flores: Marco cultural de la astrobiologia.
Chela-Flores, J. (2003) Evolution of intelligent behavior: Does complex chemistry offer evidence of purpose? in Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-tuning, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, 2003. (Pre-conference paper, full paper available in 2008, in "Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine-tuning", John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen J. Freeland and Charles L. Harper, eds., Cambridge University Press)
Chela-Flores, J. (2005) Fitness of the Universe for a Second Genesis Is it Compatible with Science and Christianity? Science and Christian Belief, Vol. 17, No. 2, 15 October 2005, pp.187-197.
Aretxaga, R. y Chela-Flores, J. (2006) "Astrobiología y Filosofía (II)": Letras de Deusto (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao), Vol. 36, nº 110, pp. 9-36; J. Chela-Flores: La evolución del comportamiento inteligente: ¿Existe evidencia de propósito en as moléculas complejas de la química?
Chela-Flores, J. (2006). Destinies of Life and the Universe: the final frontiers of astrobiology and cosmology, in "Life as we know it". Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 505-517.
Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Bioseñales en el Sistema Solar, in: Orígenes del Universo, la vida y la inteligencia, ISBN 978-980-12-2752-6, Nelson Falcón and Yaquelin Loyo Editors, Published by T.B. Print C.A.,Valencia, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, 241 pp.
Chela-Flores, J. (2008a). Fitness of the cosmos for the origin and evolution of life: from biochemical fine-tuning to the Anthropic Principle, in "Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine-tuning", John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen J. Freeland and Charles L. Harper, eds. Cambridge University Press, pp.151-166.
Chela-Flores, J. (2008b). La posibilidad de la existencia de vida extraterrestre inteligente, su busqueda cientifica e interes filosofico, in: Astrobiologia y Filosofia (III), Letras de Deusto (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain), Vol. 38, n. 118. Enero-Marzo 2008, pp. 38-47.
Chela-Flores, J. (2009). Astrobiological reflections on faith and reason. The Issues of Agnosticism, Relativism and Natural Selection, in: Divine Action and Natural Selection: Questions of Science and Faith in Biological Evolution, eds. J. Seckbach and R. Gordon, Singapore: World Scientific, pp. 45-62.
Chela-Flores, J. and Seckbach, J (2009). Divine action and evolution by natural selection: A possible and necessary dialogue. In: Divine Action and Natural Selection: Questions of Science and Faith in Biological Evolution, eds. J. Seckbach and R. Gordon, Singapore: World Scientific, pp. 1035-1048.
Aretxaga-Burgos, R. and Chela-Flores, J. (2012). Cultural Implications of the Search and Eventual Discovery of a Second Genesis. In: Genesis - In the Beginning Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution. J. Seckbach (ed.) Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Vol. 22, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 873-890.
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