RE: Contingency
September 1, 2016 at 5:48 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2016 at 5:51 pm by Alex K.)
(August 31, 2016 at 9:13 pm)Panatheist Wrote: A claim was made to me that the cosmos is contingent and this is why physicists are coming up with theories of prior universes "before" the Big Bang, etc.
Do most physicists actually say our cosmos is depebdent on anything for its existence?
I would hope that most physicists (or rather, the specialists in the relevant sub-fields) would be so wise as to withhold judgment on this issue because at this point, noone can know. The speculations about how one can trace back our time beyond the "big bang" to a previous state are perfectly valid directions of research, but at this point that's mere speculation. Any good cosmologist should explore their favorite hypothesis while still acknowledging that it isn't empirically supported yet.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
