Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything about God?

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 caus...

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Publicado en:Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 1145 - 1168
Autor principal: Hincks, Adam D.
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Publicado: Open Library of Humanities Dec2025
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      ab: 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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