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Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments: What (If Anything) Should We Infer from the Fine-Tuning of Our Universe for Life?

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by Jason Waller

    • Author

      Jason Waller

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Routledge

    • Published

      June 2021

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      Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments: What (If Anything) Should We Infer from the Fine-Tuning of Our Universe for Life?

      Today's Price £55.02

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      If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible. This observation has led many philosophers and scientists to ask the natural next question: why is our universe so "fine-tuned" for life? The debates around this question are wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary, complicated, technical, and (at times) heated. This study is a comprehensive investigation of these debates and the many metaphysical and epistemological questions raised by cosmological fine-tuning. Waller's study reaches two significant and controversial conclusions. First, he concludes that the criticisms directed at the "multiverse hypothesis" by theists and at the "theistic hypothesis" by naturalists are largely unsuccessful. Neither of these options can plausibly be excluded. Choosing between them seems to turn on primitive (and so hard to justify) metaphysical intuitions. Second, in order to break the philosophical deadlock, Waller moves the debate from the level of universes to the level of possible worlds. Arguing that possible worlds are also "fine-tuned" in an important and interesting sense, Waller concludes that the only plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of the actual world is to posit the existence of some kind of "God-like-thing."

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      • Author

        Jason Waller

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Routledge

      • Published

        June 2021

      • Weight

        523g

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9781032089737

      • ISBN-10

        1032089733

      • Eden Code

        5695850

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      • Author/Creator: Jason Waller

      • ISBN: 9781032089737

      • Publisher: Routledge

      • Release Date: June 2021

      • Weight: 523g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 5695850

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