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31 - The CMB and the multiverse

Limits of scientific realism?

from Part VII - Other philosophically relevant aspects of the CMB

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2024

Slobodan Perovic
Affiliation:
University of Belgrade
Milan M. Cirkovic
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Serbia
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Summary

The possibility of the multiverse bean with early steady-state theories postulating causally unconnected regions, a standard Big Bang where spatial cross-sections are flat or open, or even an eternal inflationary universe. These cosmological options present a philosophical challenge to a realist understanding of the universe that is addressed through a discussion of the CMB’s central relevance in it in the chapter.

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The Cosmic Microwave Background
Historical and Philosophical Lessons
, pp. 164 - 167
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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