Modern Cosmology and Theology
At the end of his discussion of fine-tuning arguments, Sobel briefly, and somewhat indirectly, discusses issues arising from attempts to combine theism with modern cosmology (pp. 285-287). In particular, many cosmologists now believe that the fundamental constants of nature were set by quantum fluctuations in the early universe. Stephen Hawking has suggested that such fluctuations might be very likely to produce a world like ours. If correct, the thought goes, this would undermine the fine-tuning argument. However, it would also do something more: if the laws of nature make it very likely, but not certain, that a world like ours,...
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Contemporary Thinkers
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David Hume
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Existence of God
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Historical Thinkers
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Jordan Howard Sobel
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Laws of Nature
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Metaphysics
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Philosophy
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Philosophy of Religion
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Philosophy of Science
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Quentin Smith
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Science
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