Does science undermine the theistic multiverse?
I examine the claim that theistic and scientific multiverses conflict: the former require that only universes above a certain threshold of value exist, while the latter make no such stipulations. I explore several avenues of reconciliation: appealing to ceteris peribus conditions, redefining 'univer...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 1765 - 1793 |
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Apr2026
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