Evil, fine-tuning and the creation of the universe

Could God have created a better universe? Well, the fundamental scientific laws and parameters of the universe have to be within a certain miniscule range, for a life-sustaining universe to develop: the universe must be ‘Fine Tuned’. Therefore the ‘embryonic universe’ that came into existence with t...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dennis, Dan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2011
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-145
Further subjects:B Creation
B Evil
B Omnipotence
B Universe
B Fine-tuning
B God
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
Volltext (JSTOR)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Electronic

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1821425146
003 DE-627
005 20221110052752.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 221110s2011 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1007/s11153-010-9275-0  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1821425146 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1821425146 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Dennis, Dan  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Evil, fine-tuning and the creation of the universe 
264 1 |c 2011 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a Could God have created a better universe? Well, the fundamental scientific laws and parameters of the universe have to be within a certain miniscule range, for a life-sustaining universe to develop: the universe must be ‘Fine Tuned’. Therefore the ‘embryonic universe’ that came into existence with the ‘big bang’ had to be either exactly as it was or within a certain tiny range, for there to develop a life-sustaining universe. If it is better that there exist a life-sustaining universe than not, then it was better that the embryonic universe was one of this small set of very similar embryonic universes than that it was not. Furthermore, there are no firm grounds for claiming that of this small set of very similar embryonic universes, there is one which would have developed into a universe better than ours. Therefore there are no firm grounds for claiming that God could have created a better universe than ours. 
650 4 |a Universe 
650 4 |a Creation 
650 4 |a Omnipotence 
650 4 |a Fine-tuning 
650 4 |a Evil 
650 4 |a God 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t International journal for philosophy of religion  |d Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V, 1970  |g 70(2011), 2, Seite 139-145  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)320442098  |w (DE-600)2005049-5  |w (DE-576)103746927  |x 1572-8684  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:70  |g year:2011  |g number:2  |g pages:139-145 
776 |i Erscheint auch als  |n elektronische Ausgabe  |w (DE-627)1646205723  |k Electronic 
856 |3 Volltext  |u http://www.jstor.org/stable/41474806  |x JSTOR 
856 |u https://philarchive.org/rec/DENEFA  |x unpaywall  |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang  |h repository [oa repository (via OAI-PMH title and first author match)] 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-010-9275-0  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
936 u w |d 70  |j 2011  |e 2  |h 139-145 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4208229152 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1821425146 
LOK |0 005 20221110052752 
LOK |0 008 221110||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-09-28#00BFB458CF36B63DC8E7359838CFF423A44BD780 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 866   |x JSTOR#http://www.jstor.org/stable/41474806 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixrk  |a zota 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL