Rethinking the Anthropic Principle.
The anthropic principle (AP) states that "what we can expect to observe must be restricted by the conditions necessary for our presence as observers". But the phrase "our presence as observers" cannot be uniquely interpreted in the context of the theories within which AP is meant to be understood an...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 361 - 380 |
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Cambridge University Press
Apr2025
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