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Nietzsche for physicists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
One of the most important philosophers in history, the German Friedrich Nietzsche, is almost ignored by physicists. This author who declared the death of God in the 19th century was a science enthusiast, especially in the second period of his work.
Neves, Juliano C. S.
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Cosmology, Cosmologia, and Reality: How the Cosmological Model Challenges the Intelligibility of Reality

open access: yesReligions, 2023
More than four centuries after the Copernican Revolution and the consequent dismissal of Aristotelian Cosmology, the modern model of the cosmos has reached a similar if not superior level of a satisfactory understanding of physical reality.
Piero Benvenuti
doaj   +1 more source

The Implementation, Interpretation, and Justification of Likelihoods in Cosmology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their applicability in ...
Albert   +77 more
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On Living Beings: Biological and Philosophical Aspects

open access: yesPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2022
This is an interdisciplinary work (biology-philosophy) product of reflection on the challenges today presented by a biological vision of the world regarding questions, concepts and notions of cosmology (Philosophy of Nature).
Rafael Jordana Butticaz   +1 more
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Testing the Multiverse: Bayes, Fine-Tuning and Typicality

open access: yes, 2017
Theory testing in the physical sciences has been revolutionized in recent decades by Bayesian approaches to probability theory. Here, I will consider Bayesian approaches to theory extensions, that is, theories like inflation which aim to provide a deeper
Barnes, Luke A.
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Understanding Knowledge through the Example of C. S. Peirce’s Cosmology [PDF]

open access: yesActa Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2016
In the era of Charles Sanders Peirce, cosmology was similar to philosophy that was still aspiring to be scientific. Peirce, having worked as an astrophysicist, supported cosmology’s strive towards science.
Enn Kasak, Raul Veede
doaj   +1 more source

Popularizing the Philosophy of Cosmology in the Ukrainian SSR in the Second Half of the 20th Century: Readers Discover the Secrets of the Micro-World and the Universe [PDF]

open access: yesФилософия и космология
This article continues the review of the history of the philosophy of cosmology as a science in the Ukrainian SSR during the second half of the 20th century, building on our previous article.
Heorhii Vdovychenko1, Andrii Pohorilyi
doaj   +1 more source

Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Universe in the theoretical model «Evolving matter» [PDF]

open access: yesФилософия и космология, 2013
The article critically examines modern model of the Universe evolution constructed by efforts of a group of scientists (mathematicians, physicists and cosmologists) from the world's leading universities (Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Yale, Columbia,
Bazaluk Oleg
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