Metaphysics and Epistemology in Stephen Hawking's Theory of the Creation of the Universe

Abstract. In 1981 S. W. Hawking and J. Hartle presented a quantum mechanical description of the early stages of possible cosmological evolution. Their proposal was interpreted by many authors as a pattern of cosmic creation from nothing in which no divine Creator is needed. In this approach, physica...

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Main Author: Życiński, Joseph M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1996
In: Zygon
Year: 1996, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 269-284
Further subjects:B Singularity
B Nothingness
B physical vacuum
B Creation
B scientific realism
B Time
B cosmological models
B Logos
B Being
B quantum cosmology
B Theism
B quantum mechanics
B Instrumentalism
B boundary conditions
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