Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything about God?
The apparent fine-tuning of several fundamental parameters that determine the properties of our universe and make it hospitable to life is sometimes used as an argument for God from design. I review the concept of cosmic fine-tuning and critically examine the claim that God is its most probable caus...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Zygon
Year: 2025, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 1145-1167 |
| Further subjects: | B
Bernard Lonergan
B Theology B analogy of being B Creation B Thomas Aquinas B Cosmology B Katherine Tanner B Fine-tuning B Erich Przywara |
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| Summary: | The apparent fine-tuning of several fundamental parameters that determine the properties of our universe and make it hospitable to life is sometimes used as an argument for God from design. I review the concept of cosmic fine-tuning and critically examine the claim that God is its most probable cause. While not definitively repudiating this claim, I argue that it is potentially in tension with the more apophatic approach to God found in the Abrahamic traditions. I then offer a metaphysical analysis of the contingency of fine-tuning that situates it within the classical analogy of being that points to the Divinity. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.16995/zygon.16897 |
