RT Article
T1 The Weak Anthropic Principle and the Design Argument
JF Zygon
VO 31
IS 1
SP 115
OP 130
A1 Życínski, Joseph M.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1996
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827951508
AB Abstract. The design argument for God's existence was critically assessed when in the growth of modern science the cognitive value of ideological categories was called into question. In recent discussions dealing with anthropic principles there has appeared a new version of the design argument, in which cosmic design is described without the use of ideological terms. The weak anthropic principle (WAP), a most critical version of all these principles, describes the fine-tuning of physical parameters necessary lo the genesis of carbon-based life. It defines no physical mechanisms of the observed coordination between physical parameters. If in a future unified physical theory such mechanisms are discovered, the weak anthropic principle should be replaced by the strong anthropic principle, which asserts the physical necessity of fine-tuning. Neither of the versions can be regarded as physically trivial unless one accepts strong assumptions of the existence of parallel universes. Consequently, a new version of the philosophical design argument can be developed on the basis of the weak anthropic principle.
K1 unified theory
K1 Ideology
K1 physical laws
K1 Necessity
K1 Logos
K1 Design Argument
K1 Cosmology
K1 cosmic isotropy
K1 Chance
K1 Anthropic Principle
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00014.x