God, Multi-verses, and Modal Realism
(redated post originally published on 16 November 2011) I have heard in various quarters recently the claim that Lewis’ version of modal realism is (a) just a kind of multi-verse theory; and (b) intrinsically incompatible with theism. A partial discussion of this issue may be found in the pages of Philosophia Christi: Richard Davis ‘God … God, Multi-verses, and Modal Realism
Interesting Blog Post about a Multiverse
“Where Are We in the Multiverse?” (@ Why There is and Why There Is Anything) Here’s the first paragraph: There are two avenues from modern physics to the belief that the universe we see around us is not all there is, but is instead one of infinitely many like it. The first is inflationary cosmology; … Interesting Blog Post about a Multiverse
New Scientific Evidence for the Multiverse
I have always been a multiverse skeptic. If this article in New Scientist is accurate, however, it appears the recent confirmation of chaotic inflation also provided some evidence for a multiverse. LINK (HT: Ex-Apologist)
Mark Douglas Seward: Fine-tuning as Evidence for a Multiverse: Why White is Wrong
Abstract Roger White (God and design, Routledge, London, 2003) claims that while the fine-tuning of our universe, α , may count as evidence for a designer, it cannot count as evidence for a multiverse. First, I will argue that his considerations are only correct, if at all, for a limited set of multiverses that have … Mark Douglas Seward: Fine-tuning as Evidence for a Multiverse: Why White is Wrong