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The paper examines the emergence of life in the cosmos, highlighting philosophical questions regarding its timing.
The origin of life in the cosmos poses some perplexing philosophical problems. For instance: Does life exist at the very beginning of the cosmos, or does it emerge at a specific moment that occurs later in the earth's natural history?
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