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PUBLICATIONS

  • Book

Vidal, C. 2014a. The Beginning and the End: the Meaning of Life in a Cosmological Perspective. Foreword by Steven J. Dick. Springer, Frontiers collection. Preprint at http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.1648.

  • Articles

Vidal, C. 2024. “The Spider Stellar Engine: A Fully Steerable Extraterrestrial Design?” Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 77 (5): 156–66. doi:10.59332/jbis-077-05-0156. https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05038.

Vidal, C., and John M. Smart. 2024. “Ethical Foundations for Artificial and Extraterrestrial Intelligence.” In Is There Value Beyond Earth? Explorations in Exo-Axiology, edited by Andrew M. Davis. Wiley. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10798207.

Vidal, C. 2024. “What Is the Noosphere? Planetary Superorganism, Major Evolutionary Transition and Emergence.” Systems Research and Behavioral Science 41 (4): 614–22. doi:10.1002/sres.2997. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sres.2997.

Vidal, C., and Daliah Bibas. 2024. “Life in the Clouds of Venus: The Phosphine Debate and Its Scientific, Social, and Psychological Impact.” In IAU Symposium IAUS 387, edited by H. Landt, M. Dominik, and C. Oliver. Vol. To appear. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13301306. https://zenodo.org/records/13301306.

Vidal, C. 2023. “Extending Planetary Health: Global Ethics and Global Governance in the Noosphere.” Humanistic Management Journal 8 (1): 89–95. doi:10.1007/s41463-023-00146-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-023-00146-8.

Vidal, C. 2023. “Reintroducing the Direction of Evolution.” Religion, Brain & Behavior 0 (0). Routledge: 1–4. doi:10.1080/2153599X.2022.2143405. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2143405.

Vidal, C. 2021. “Pierre Teilhard De Chardin: A Visionary in Controversy.” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43 (4): 1–10. doi:10.1007/s40656-021-00475-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00475-7.

Vidal, C. 2021a. “Teilhard’s Formation of the Noosphere: an exegesis and update”, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, supplementary material available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00475-7.

Vidal, C. 2019. “Pulsar Positioning System: A Quest for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Engineering.” International Journal of Astrobiology 18 (3): 213–34. doi:10.1017/S147355041700043X. https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.03316.

Delahaye, J. P., and C. Vidal. 2018b. “Universal Ethics: Organized Complexity as an Intrinsic Value.” In Evolution, Development and Complexity: Multiscale Evolutionary Models of Complex Adaptive Systems, edited by Georgi Yordanov Georgiev, Claudio Flores Martinez, Michael E. Price, and John M. Smart. Springer. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1285656. https://zenodo.org/record/1285656 . (mirror)

Delahaye, J. P., and C. Vidal. 2018a. “Organized Complexity: Is Big History a Big Computation?” American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers 17 (2): 49–54. http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.07111.

Vidal, C. 2017. “Millisecond Pulsars as Standards: Timing, Positioning and Communication.” Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 13 (S337): 418–19. doi:10.1017/S1743921317008596. https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.06036.

Vidal, C. 2016. “Stellivore Extraterrestrials? Binary Stars as Living Systems.” Acta Astronautica 128: 251–56. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.06.038. https://zenodo.org/record/164853

Vidal, C. 2015b. “A Multidimensional Impact Model for the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life” In Steven J. Dick (ed): The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth. 55-75, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316272480.006. https://zenodo.org/record/1286707

Vidal, C. 2015a. “Distributing Cognition: from Local Brains to the Global Brain”, in Goertzel B. and Goertzel T. (eds): The End of the Beginning: Life, Society and Economy on the Brink of the Singularity. 325-372, Humanity+ Press. http://tinyurl.com/vidal2015.

Vidal, C. 2014b. “Cosmological Immortality: How to Eliminate Aging on a Universal Scale.” Current Aging Science. 7 (1): 3–8. doi:10.2174/1874609807666140521111107. http://tinyurl.com/vidal2014.

Vidal, C. 2013a. “Artificial Cosmogenesis: a New Kind of Cosmology.” In Irreducibility and Computational Equivalence: 10 Years After A New Kind of Science, edited by H. Zenil, 157–182. Heidelberg: Springer. http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.1407.

Vidal, C. 2012d. “Metaphilosophical Criteria for Worldview Comparison.” Metaphilosophy 43 (3): 306–347. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9973.2012.01749.x.
http://tinyurl.com/vidal2012meta.

Vidal, C. 2012c. “Analysis of Some Speculations Concerning the Far Future of Intelligent Civilizations.” Foundations of Science 17 (1): 43–46. doi:10.1007/s10699-010-9221-8. http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5508.

Vidal, C. 2012b. “Two Purposes of Black Hole Production.” Foundations of Science (17): 13–15. doi:10.1007/s10699-010-9215-6. http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5508.

Vidal, C. 2012a. “Fine-tuning, Quantum Mechanics and Cosmological Artificial Selection.” Foundations of Science 17 (1): 29–38. doi:10.1007/s10699-010-9219-2. http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5508.

Vidal, C. 2011. “Black Holes: Attractors for Intelligence?” Presented at the Kavli Royal Society International Centre, "Towards a scientific and societal agenda on extra-terrestrial life", 4-5 Oct 2010. http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4362

Vidal, C. 2010b. “Computational and Biological Analogies for Understanding Fine-Tuned Parameters in Physics”. Foundations of Science 15 (4): 375-393. doi:10.1007/s10699-010-9183-x. http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3905

Vidal, C. 2010a. “Introduction to the Special Issue on the Evolution and Development of the Universe”. Foundations of Science 15 (2) (May): 95-99. doi:10.1007/s10699-010-9176-9.

Vidal, C., 2009 (editor) Charles Auffray, Alex H. Blin, Jean Chaline, Louis Crane, Thomas Durt, Borje Ekstig, Horace Fairlamb, Jan Greben, Rob Hengeveld, Francis Heylighen, Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis, Giuseppe Longo, Nicolas F. Lori, Denis Noble, Laurent Nottale, Franc Rottiers, Stanley Salthe, John Stewart, Ruediger Vaas, Gertrudis Van de Vijver, Nico M. van Straalen, Clément Vidal, (authors),
The Evolution and Development of the Universe. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris 8-9 Oct., 2008: Special Issue of the Conference on the Evolution and Development of the Universe, 12 peer-reviewed papers with 20 open commentaries, published in Foundations of Science, 355 pages. http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5508.

Vidal, C. 2008b. “The Future of Scientific Simulations: from Artificial Life to Artificial Cosmogenesis”. In Death and Anti-Death, Volume 6: Thirty Years After Kurt Gödel (1906-1978). p285-318, ed. Charles Tandy. Ria University Press. http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1087

Vidal, C. 2008a. “Wat is een wereldbeeld?” (What is a worldview?) in Van Belle, H. & Van der Veken, J., Editors, Nieuwheid denken. De wetenschappen en het creatieve aspect van de werkelijkheid. Acco, Leuven, p71-85. English version at: http://cogprints.org/6094/

Heylighen, F., & Vidal, C. 2008 “Getting Things Done: The Science behind Stress-Free Productivity”. Long Range Planning 41, no. 6: 585-605. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2008.09.004. http://cogprints.org/5904/

  • Theses

Vidal, C. 2013b. The Beginning and the End: Cosmological Speculation and the Meaning of Life. PhD, Brussels: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 366 pages. http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.1648.

Vidal, C. 2005b. Le cerveau et Internet: Etude critique d'une analogie. (The Brain and the Internet: Critical Study of an Analogy) Master in cognitive sciences. http://tinyurl.com/Vidal-Cerveau-Internet

Vidal, C. 2003. Georg Cantor et la Découverte des Infinis (Georg Cantor and the Discovery of Infinities). Master Thesis in Philosophy. http://tinyurl.com/Vidal2003

  • White papers

Sheikh, S.Z., Berea, A., De la Torre, G.G., DeMarines, J., Fisher, T., Foote, S., Gelino, D., Grinspoon, D.H., Profitiliotis, G., Sessa, A.M., Singam, C., Sneed, E.L., Vidal, C., Wright, J.T., 2021. “Technosignatures as a Priority in Planetary Science.” Bulletin of the AAS 53 (4). PubPub. doi:10.3847/25c2cfeb.93bdfe43. https://baas.aas.org/pub/2021n4i427/release/1.

Haqq-Misra, J., Ashtari R., Benford J., Carroll-Nellenback J., Döbler N.A., Farah W., Fauchez T. J., Gajjar V., Grinspoon D., Huggahalli A., Kopparapu R.K., Lazio J., Profitiliotis G., Sneed E.L., Varghese S. S., Vidal C. 2022. “Opportunities for Technosignature Science in the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey.” arXiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2209.11685. http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.11685.

  • Working papers

Haqq-Misra, Jacob, Clément Vidal, and George Profitiliotis. 2024. “Projections of Earth’s Technosphere: Luminosity and Mass as Limits to Growth.” arXiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2410.23420.

Vidal, C. 2020. “Energy Rate Density as a Technosignature: The Case for Stellivores.” Presented at Life in the Universe: Big History, SETI and the Future of Humankind. IBHA & INAF-IASF MI Symposium 15-16 July 2019. http://www.clemvidal.com/s/Vidal-2020-ERD-as-a-technosignature-case-for-stellivores.pdf.

Heylighen, F., E. Busseniers, V. Veitas, C. Vidal, and D. R. Weinbaum. 2013. Foundations for a Mathematical Model of the Global Brain: Architecture, Components, and Specifications. Global Brain Institute Working Paper 2012-05. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/papers/TowardsGB-model.pdf.

Vidal, C. 2005a. Le Commentaire Ouvert. (“Open Commentary”) Initially a work for a Ph.D. Project for DOCSI,Lyon, France. http://tinyurl.com/Vidal-open-commentary

  • Translation

Priest, G. 1979 La Logique du Paradoxe, Philosophie n°94, juin 2007. Initially published in 1979, The Logic of Paradox, Journal of Philosophical Logic, 8. Translation by Clément Vidal; Introduction by François Rivenc.

  • Magazine & Fiction

Vidal, C. 2015c, From Biodiversity to Technodiversity, La Revue Du Cube, 9, 65-67. Doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2599723. https://zenodo.org/record/2599723

French version:
Vidal 2015c, “De La Biodiversité À La Technodiversité.” La Revue Du Cube, pp 65-67. Doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2599720. https://zenodo.org/record/2599720

Vidal, C. 2014c, The Cube of Sharing, La Revue du Cube, 6, 65-68. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1401733

Vidal, C. 2013c, A Day in 2060, La Revue du Cube, 5, 74-79. https://tinyurl.com/Vidal2013c

French Version:
Vidal, C. 2013c, Une journée en 2060, La Revue du Cube, numéro 5, thème: Créativité http://lecube.com/revue/creativite/une-journee-en-2060