Philosophical Choice between Indifference Principle and Fine-Tuning Principle

  • Marek Szydłowski John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
  • Jacek Golbiak John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Keywords: fine-tuning principle, indifference principle, Holton explanation principles, the Universe as a global attractor in phase space

Abstract

We formulate a cosmogonic indifference principle in cosmology in terms of a dynamical system theory. While the choice between generic and fine tuned initial condition for our Universe has a rather philosophical character, there is a very generic set of initial conditions which give rise to the concordance inflectional ΛCDM model which becomes in good agreement with astronomical observations.

Author Biographies

Marek Szydłowski, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Dr. Marek Szydłowski – Chair of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Philosophy, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and Department of Theory of Complex Systems, Institute of Physics of the Jagellonian University, Krakow

Jacek Golbiak, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Rev. Jacek Golbiak, MA – Chair of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Philosophy, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

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2020-10-14
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