On the empirical inaccessibility of higher-level modality and its significance for cosmological fine-tuning

DOI10.1007/S11229-017-1610-XMaRDI QIDQ2053974zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Brian Knab, Cory F. Juhl

Publication date 30 November 2021

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1610-x

zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyfine tuninglaws of naturemethodologymodalityprobability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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