Monton, Bradley (2004) God, Fine-Tuning, and the Problem of Old Evidence. [Preprint]

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The fundamental constants that are involved in the laws of physics which describe our universe are finely-tuned for life, in the sense that if some of the constants had slightly different values life could not exist. Some people hold that this provides evidence for the existence of God. I will present a probabilistic version of this fine-tuning argument which is stronger than all other versions in the literature. Nevertheless, I will show that one can have reasonable opinions such that the fine-tuning argument doesn’t lead to an increase in one’s probability for the existence of God.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Monton, Bradley
Keywords:	fine-tuning argument, argument from design, ur-probability
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Science and Religion
Depositing User:	Bradley Monton
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2005
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:13
Item ID:	2184
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Science and Religion
Date:	December 2004
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2184

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