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The Fine-Tuning Argument
2009 The AuthorJournal Compilation 2009 Blackwell Publishing LtdPhilosophy Compass 4/1 (2009): 271 286, Fine-Tuning ArgumentNeil A. Manson*The University of MississippiAbstractThe Fine-Tuning Argument (FTA) is a variant of the Design Argument for theexistence of God. In this paper the evidence of Fine-Tuning is explained and theFine-Tuning Design Argument for God is presented. Then two objections arecovered. The first objection is that Fine-Tuning can be explained in terms ofthe existence of multiple universes (the multiverse ) plus the operation of theanthropic principle. The second objection is the normalizability problem theobjection that the Fine-Tuning Argument fails because Fine-Tuning is not Fine-Tuning Argument (FTA) is a recent variant of the Design Argu-ment (also known as the Teleological Argument ) for the existence of Fine-Tuning Argument grew out of discoveries prompted by thedevelopment of Big Bang cosmology in the twentieth century.
the cosmic parameters were like the just-right settings on an old-style radio dial: if the knob were turned just a bit, the clear signal would turn to static. As a result, some physicists started describing the values of the parameters as ‘fine-tuned’ for life. Let us henceforth use ‘fine-tuning’ as
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