One of the most popular responses to the fine-tuning considerations is to suggest that parameters might have been set to life-friendly values by some cosmic designer or God. I discuss two important objections against this response: first, that we cannot infer anything from life-friendly parameters because we could not possibly have found ourselves in a lifeless universe (the anthropic objection) and, second, that there is no specific conception of the designer according to which the inference to a designer would be plausible: anthropomorphic conceptions of the designer are no longer credible; and on non-anthropomorphic conceptions, the designer’s preferences are inscrutable. I reject the first objection and endorse the second.

The chapter considers communication beyond the minimal dyad. The first section looks at the challengs of multi-party dialogue in relation to the shared workspace framework. It discusses the various conversational roles in multi-party dialogues, distinguishing active participants from audience and overhearers, and considers collectives who speak as one voice.The second section of the chapter considers how monologue fits into the shared workspace framework and discusses the monological roles of designer and audience.