Issues in the Philosophy of Cosmology Export

@misc{citeulike:504908, abstract = {After a survey of the present state of cosmological theory and observations, this article discusses a series of major themes underlying the relation of philosophy to cosmology. These are: A: The uniqueness of the universe; B: The large scale of the universe in space and time; C: The unbound energies in the early universe; D: Explaining the universe -- the question of origins; E: The universe as the background for existence; F: The explicit philosophical basis; G: The Anthropic question: fine tuning for life; H: The possible existence of multiverses; I: The natures of existence. Each of these themes is explored and related to a series of Theses that set out the major issues confronting cosmology in relation to philosophy.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Ellis, George F. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {504908}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602280}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0602280}, day = {13}, eprint = {astro-ph/0602280}, keywords = {cosmology, philosophy, review}, month = {Feb}, posted-at = {2006-06-22 01:07:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Issues in the Philosophy of Cosmology}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602280}, year = {2006} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:504908 L3 - citeulike-article-id:504908 N2 - After a survey of the present state of cosmological theory and observations, this article discusses a series of major themes underlying the relation of philosophy to cosmology. These are: A: The uniqueness of the universe; B: The large scale of the universe in space and time; C: The unbound energies in the early universe; D: Explaining the universe -- the question of origins; E: The universe as the background for existence; F: The explicit philosophical basis; G: The Anthropic question: fine tuning for life; H: The possible existence of multiverses; I: The natures of existence. Each of these themes is explored and related to a series of Theses that set out the major issues confronting cosmology in relation to philosophy. TI - Issues in the Philosophy of Cosmology KW - cosmology KW - philosophy KW - review AU - Ellis, George PY - 2006/Feb/13/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602280 ER -