RT Article
T1 Adolf Grünbaum on the Steady-State Theory and Creatio Continua of Matter Out of Nothing
JF Zygon
VO 46
IS 4
SP 857
OP 871
A1 Karimi, Mirsaeid Mousavi
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2011
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827962909
AB The ideas of creatio ex nihilo of the universe and creatio continua of new matter out of nothing entered the arena of natural science with the advent of the Big Bang and the steady-state theories in the mid-twentieth century. Adolf Grünbaum has tried to interpret the steady-state theory in such a way, to show that the continuous formation of new matter out of nothing in this theory can be explained purely physically. In this paper, however, it will be shown that Grünbaum's interpretation encounters at least three problems: not distinguishing between material and efficient causes, inconsistency, and misconceiving the law of density conservation.
K1 steady-state theory
K1 Grünbaum
K1 density-conservation
K1 Creatio ex nihilo
K1 Creatio continua
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01221.x