Is Simplicity that Simple? An Assessment of Richard Swinburne’s Argument from Cosmic Fine-Tuning
The teleological argument has received a resurgence in recent years. This is thanks to cosmological data which appears to offer new evidence to indicate that the existence of life is the result of contrivance in the face of staggering improbability. Richard Swinburne argues that cosmic fine-tuning g...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge
2021
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Theology and science
Jahr: 2021, Band: 19, Heft: 4, Seiten: 379-389 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus CF Christentum und Wissenschaft NBC Gotteslehre VA Philosophie |
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cosmic fine-tuning
B Richard Swinburne B Parsimony B Philosophy of religion B Cosmology |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The teleological argument has received a resurgence in recent years. This is thanks to cosmological data which appears to offer new evidence to indicate that the existence of life is the result of contrivance in the face of staggering improbability. Richard Swinburne argues that cosmic fine-tuning gives us good evidence to believe in the creator God of classical theism, who has good reasons to create human agents. I assess Swinburne’s use of the “principle of simplicity” as a criterion for selecting the best explanation in this particular case, arguing that it is not as compelling as Swinburne claims. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.1982250 |