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Filozoficzny wybór między zasadą indyferentyzmu a zasadą szczególnego dostrojenia
Philosophical Choice between Indifference Principle and Fine-Tuning Principle

Author(s): Marek Szydłowski, Jacek Golbiak
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: fine-tuning principle; indifference principle; Holton explanation principles; the Universe as a global attractor in phase space

Summary/Abstract: We formulate a cosmogonic indifference principle in cosmology in terms of a dynamical system theory. While the choice between generic and fine tuned initial condition for our Universe has a rather philosophical character, there is a very generic set of initial conditions which give rise to the concordance inflectional ΛCDM model which becomes in good agreement with astronomical observations.

  • Issue Year: 54/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 231-253
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish