McCabe, Gordon (2004) A Critique of Cosmological Natural Selection. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Mathematical physicist Lee Smolin has proposed a theory of Cosmological natural selection which, he argues, explains the existence of our life-supporting universe, and which, he claims, is superior to Anthropic Principle explanations. I will argue in this paper that the theory of Cosmological natural selection does not provide an improvement upon the Weak Anthropic Principle.
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| Keywords: | Anthropic Cosmology Natural Selection Smolin | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Gordon McCabe | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2004 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:12 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 1648 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology | ||||||
| Date: | March 2004 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1648 |
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