Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything About God?
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| author | Hincks, Adam D. |
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| contents | The apparent fine-tuning of several fundamental parameters that determine the properties of our Universe and make it hospitable to life is sometimes used as an argument for God from design. I review the concept of cosmic fine-tuning and critically examine the claim that God is its most probable cause. While not definitively repudiating this claim, I argue that it is potentially in tension with the more apophatic approach to God found in the Abrahamic traditions. I then offer a metaphysical analysis of the contingency of fine-tuning that situates it within the classical analogy of being that points to the Divinity. |
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| spellingShingle | Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything About God? Hincks, Adam D. History and Philosophy of Physics The apparent fine-tuning of several fundamental parameters that determine the properties of our Universe and make it hospitable to life is sometimes used as an argument for God from design. I review the concept of cosmic fine-tuning and critically examine the claim that God is its most probable cause. While not definitively repudiating this claim, I argue that it is potentially in tension with the more apophatic approach to God found in the Abrahamic traditions. I then offer a metaphysical analysis of the contingency of fine-tuning that situates it within the classical analogy of being that points to the Divinity. |
| title | Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything About God? |
| topic | History and Philosophy of Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12083 |