Title
Multiple Universes and the Fine-Tuning Argument: A Response to Rodney Holder
Department/School
Philosophy
Date
2005
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0114.2005.00242.x
Abstract
In this article I examine a common objection to the fine-tuning argument (an objection which may be referred to as the atheistic many universes (AMU) objection). A reply to this objection due to Roger White has been the subject of much controversy; White's reply has been criticized by Rodney Holder, on the one hand, and Neil Manson and Michael Thrush on the other. In this paper I analyze Holder's work in an effort to determine whether the AMU objection successfully defeats the fine-tuning argument. I conclude that the fine-tuning argument can be reformulated so as to avoid the AMU objection.
Volume
86
Issue
4
Published in
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
Citation/Other Information
Rota, Michael W. "Multiple Universes and the Fine-Tuning Argument: A Response to Rodney Holder." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 86, no. 4 (2005): 556-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0114.2005.00242.x