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Theology and Science
The Multiverse What Philosophersand Theologians Get Wrongpreprint20190607 80847 1p1ki0f2019 •
The multiverse hypothesis has drawn tremendous attention recently from philosophers and theologians. Some of their arguments about it rest on sociological claims regarding the beliefs and motivations of cosmologists, others on metaphysical claims regarding the nature of universes. There is no survey evidence supporting these claims. To fill this evidential gap, a survey was conducted of a large, representative sample of cosmologists. Thematically, three questions about the multiverse hypothesis were explored: whether cosmologists regard it as fully scientific, what motivates cosmologists to explore it, and what the nature of a universe is. The results are presented and discussed.
In this paper, within the framework of the general concept of the Multiverse, the Author puts forward the idea of the infinite hierarchically determined nesting of universes. Considering the laws underlying the evolution of our Universe, including the new fundamental law of motion, the Author offers the cosmological model that brings a new perspective to the Core theory.
2022 •
After a trenchant examination of the special theory of relativity, with a short presentation of the first attempt to use that theory as basis for a cosmology developed in order to challenge models based on the general relativity theory, the latter is exposed to criticism with arguments taken from one of the theory's most prominent expositors. Having pinpointed the many flaws of the standard-FLRW model, A it is claimed that physics must be founded on time-invariant laws. This stance motivates a search for a new Steady State Model.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
The structure of the multiverse2002 •
2016 •
The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum entanglement experiments is at best incomplete, since the intermediate state induced by collapse of the wave function apparently depends upon the inertial rest frame in which the experiment is observed. While the Many Worlds Interpretation of Everett, MWI, avoids the issue of wave function collapse, it, too, is a casualty of the special theory of relativity. This requires all events in the universe, past, present and future, to be unique, as in the block universe picture, which rules out Everett style branching. The benefits of MWI may be retained, however, by postulating a multiverse of discrete, parallel, block universes which are identical to each other up to certain points in the MWI trunk before they diverge according to the MWI branching. The quantum probability of an event then emerges from the number of parallel universes in which the event happens divided by the total number of universes. This means that the total number of such univ...
Collection of Articles on the Materials of the XXV international scientific and practical Conference ‘Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics: theoretical and applied Research’ #7(17), 2019 – Moscow, PH ‘Internauka’ ISSN 2541-9846 (Translation from Russian)
HIERARCHICAL MODEL OF THE MULTIVERSE2019 •
Against the concept of the Multiverse of Hugh Everett, the Author puts forward the idea of the infinite hierarchically determined nesting of universes. Considering the laws underlying the evolution of our Universe, including the new fundamental law of motion, the Author offers the cosmological model that brings a new perspective to the Core theory. This paper could be valuable to students, post-graduate students and scientists dealing with physical and philosophical problems of the Universe.
International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Existence of Multiverse due to infinite possibilities2018 •
This paper describes the existence of multiverse due to the occurrence of possible infinite events. The theory of multiverse will be developed to understand events and phenomenon which are not yet explainable by classical theories. We used theories like Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Simulation Theory, Quantum Entanglement and Butterfly Effect. In this paper we discussed the plausibility of existence of a multiverse rather than a universe as we believe in to better accommodate the observations which are not yet fully explainable. This paper will help the reader appreciate the fact that a multiverse approach to study our universe not only alters the way of our thinking but also makes room for each and every possible event to occur.
2015 •
In recent decades, scientific theories have postulated the existence of many universes beyond our own. The details and implications of these theories are hotly contested. Some philosophers argue that these scientific models count against the existence of God. Others, however, argue that if God exists, a multiverse is precisely what we should expect to find. Moreover, these philosophers claim that the idea of a divinely created multiverse can help believers in God respond to certain arguments for atheism. These proposals are, of course, also extremely controversial. This volume collects together twelve newly published essays – two by physicists, and ten by philosophers – that discuss various aspects of this issue. Some of the essays support the idea of a divinely created multiverse; others oppose it. Scientific, philosophical, and theological issues are considered.
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Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion
The Theistic Multiverse: Problems and Prospects2012 •
Philo 15 (2):145-157 (2013)
The Failure of the Multiverse Hypothesis as a Solution to the Problem of No Best WorldReligious Studies
The realization of infinitely many universes in cosmology2001 •
2004 •
Talk, PhD in Logic X
A naturalistic justification of the generic multiverse with a core2018 •
Open Journal of Mathematics and Physics
The multiverse equation: a toy model2020 •
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics
The Worlds on the Other Side of the Big Bang2023 •
„Two Precursors of the Multiverse – Giordano Bruno and Louis-Auguste Blanqui”, in: Louis-Auguste Blanqui: ‘L’éternité par les astres’ – Actes du colloque 19 Juin 2017, hg. von Lisa Block de Behar (voraussichtlich 2018).
Two precursors of the ‚Multiverse': Bruno/Blanqui (first draft)Life and Mind: In search of the physical basis. Edited by Savely Savva. Trafford, 2007. Originally in MISAHA Newsletter, #36-#39, May 2003.
Alternative Physical Models of the Universe2003 •
Annals of Physics
A unique but flexible space–time could challenge multiverse theoriesPacific Philosophical Quarterly
"Fine-tuning, Multiple Universes, and the 'This Universe' Objection", with Michael J. Thrush2003 •