Simon Friederich (The Netherlands Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Multiverse Theories

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At the intersection of physics and philosophy of science, this book outlines the philosophical challenge to theoretical physics in a measured, well-grounded manner. Cosmologists, high energy physicists, and philosophers including graduate students and researchers will find a systematic exploration of such questions in this important book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781108487122
• ISBN-10: 1108487122
• Artikelnr.: 60353528

Autorenporträt

Simon Friederich is associate professor of Philosophy of Science at Groningen University and holds PhDs in both physics and philosophy. His work on multiverse theories was supported by a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Introduction
2. The fine-tuning considerations
3. Fine-tuning for life and design
Part II. Fine-tuning for Life and the Multiverse: 4. The standard fine-tuning argument
5. Problems with priors
6. A new fine-tuning argument
Part III. Testing Multiverse Theories: 7. Testing multiverse theories: approach
8. Approaching practice
9. Puzzles of self-locating belief
Part IV. Wider Still and Wilder: 10. Other multiverses
11. Outlook
References
Subject index
Author index.