Did the universe design itself?
Many philosophers and scientists believe that we need an explanation as to why the laws of physics and the initial conditions of the universe are fine-tuned for life. The standard two options are: theism and the multiverse hypothesis. Both of these theories are extravagant and arguably have false pr...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2019]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2019, Band: 85, Heft: 1, Seiten: 99-122 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Russell, Bertrand 1872-1970
/ Monismus
/ Kosmologie
/ Intelligent Design
/ Panpsychismus
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus VA Philosophie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Theism
B Multiverse B Panpsychism B problem of evil B Russellian monism B Fine-tuning B Design Arguments |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Many philosophers and scientists believe that we need an explanation as to why the laws of physics and the initial conditions of the universe are fine-tuned for life. The standard two options are: theism and the multiverse hypothesis. Both of these theories are extravagant and arguably have false predictions. Drawing on contemporary philosophy of mind, I outline a form of panpsychism that I believe offers a more parsimonious and less problematic explanation of cosmological fine-tuning. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-018-9692-z |