Ernán McMullin
Abstract
I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their applicability in this context.
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I discuss the formal implementation, interpretation, and justification of likelihood attributions in cosmology. I show that likelihood arguments in cosmology suffer from significant conceptual and formal problems that undermine their applicability in this context.
Key concepts: Cosmology, Anthropic principle, Interpretation (philosophy), Context (archaeology), Epistemology, Attribution, Philosophy, Theoretical physics