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Is The Kalam Cosmological Argument's Second Premise Defendable?, Mark Karapetyan
Is The Kalam Cosmological Argument's Second Premise Defendable?, Mark Karapetyan
Masters Theses
Contrary to the skeptic's rejections, the second premise of the cosmological argument can be defended via scientific and philosophical arguments.
The Fine-Tuning Of Nomic Behavior In Multiverse Scenarios, Max Lewis Edward Andrews
The Fine-Tuning Of Nomic Behavior In Multiverse Scenarios, Max Lewis Edward Andrews
Masters Theses
The multiverse hypothesis (the view that there is not just one world or universe in existence, bur rather that there are many) is the leading alternative to the competing fine-tuning hypothesis (the laws of physics and constants are fine-tuned for the existence of life). The multiverse dispels many aspects of the fine-tuning argument by suggesting that there are different initial conditions in each universe, varying constants of physics, and the laws of nature lose their known arbitrary values; thus, making the previous single-universe argument from fine- tuning incredibly weak. The position that will be advocated will be that a form …