Monton, Bradley (2005) God, Fine-Tuning, and the Problem of Old Evidence. In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
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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| Additional Information: | This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0346934. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. | ||||||
| Keywords: | fine-tuning argument, teleological argument, ur-probability, many universes | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Science and Religion |
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| Depositing User: | Bradley Monton | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2005 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:13 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 2217 | ||||||
| Public Domain: | No | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Science and Religion |
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| Date: | 2005 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2217 |
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