The Infinite Turn and Speculative Explanations in Cosmology

Tavakol, Reza; Gironi, Fabio

doi:10.1007/s10699-016-9499-2

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“…Nevertheless, counterarguments, and serious ones, are still adduced: and not only from the point of view of common sense, but also in respect of the extrapolation method -after all we judge the Universe by observing it from one, maybe vanishingly small, part -and from the point of view of other cosmological theories, which explain the same observations differently (see for example [Kazyutinsky, 1993]). Other doubts and issues concerning the Universe integrity and form see in [Marra, 2017;Panov, 2017;Stasishina, 2017, Kragh, 2014Gil & Alfonseca, 2014;Tavakol & Gironi, 2017;Brandenberger & Peter, 2017;Zinkernagel, 2014;Karpouzos, 2015;Ellisabc, 2014;Ackerman, 2017].…”

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confidence: 99%

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This article deals with veteran immigrant teachers who integrated successfully into Israel's educational system and have been teaching immigrant students over the past few years. Their encounter with present (2018) new immigrants raises the following research question: How are patterns of integration into society reflected in the conceptions of veteran immigrant teachers in their work with immigrant students? The theoretical literature on which this study is based includes Berry's transnationalism model and the concept of hybrid identity. The results displayed affinity between the teachers' own migration stories and their educational conceptions regarding immigrant students. Patterns included both assimilation and integration. The conclusions declare that it is indeed appropriate to process the experiences and stories of veteran immigrant teachers because they transmit their conceptions to immigrant students and can serve as bridge builders within the educational system as former immigrants themselves.

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“…Somewhat paradoxically, the conservative mainstream of philosophy of science continues in the present period (roughly from the turn of the century) whereby many scientists firmly rooted in special sciences strive to extend some of the standard methodological strictures of previous eras to achieve a variety of new goals. With a few exceptions (e.g., Draper, Draper, and Pust 2007 and Tavakol and Gironi 2017) somewhat outside the philosophical mainstream, these developments have not provoked what we might have expected in earlier epochs. By and large, such work is either ignored by philosophy of physics (the majority) or downplayed and severely criticized (the minority) on the basis of old precepts and views of how real science needs to, has to, or used to be done.…”

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A speculative turn in science and philosophy of science

Perović,

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2024

Metaphilosophy

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This paper describes the main features and goals of the speculative work in modern sciences that has greatly accelerated since World War II due to the exponential increase in computing power and newly available theoretical and conceptual tools. It points to the long historical strand of speculative philosophical work in symbiosis with the sciences, suggests the reasons for its unexpected neglect in contemporary professional philosophy of science, why it should be a major approach, and why such pursuit is not inevitable. Finally, the paper outlines potential topics, fields, and tools for such collaborative work and argues it is likelier to be more fruitful today than at any point in the past hundred years.

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“…The number of such universes is usually assumed to be infinite, or at least extremely large 9 . In this context, Tavakol and Gironi [20] speak about the infinite turn in contemporary cosmology.…”

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“…Therefore, if we use the multiverse idea to explain some puzzling data in cosmology, we are, in fact, using an "explanation by unexplained" strategy. To quote the same authors: "The aim of a cosmological explanation should be that of providing a deeper understanding of the Universe, but the Multiverse type scenario rather shifts the target of the explanatory task from the finite observed Universe to a postulated relative or real infinite 'Landscape"' ( [20] p. 793) 10 . This consequently opens up a new question about the explanatory power of the multiverse idea.…”

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Multiverse—Too Much or Not Enough?

Heller

2019

Universe

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The aim of this essay is to look at the idea of the multiverse—not so much from the standpoint of physics or cosmology, but rather from a philosophical perspective. The modern story of the multiverse began with Leibniz. Although he treated “other worlds” as mere possibilities, they played an important role in his logic. In a somewhat similar manner, the practice of cosmology presupposes a consideration of an infinite number of universes, each being represented by a solution to Einstein’s equations. This approach prepared the way to the consideration of “other universes” which actually exist, first as an auxiliary concept in discussing the so-called anthropic principle, and then as real universes, the existence of which were supposed to solve some cosmological conundrums. From the point of view of the philosophy of science, the question is: Could the explanatory power of a multiverse ideology compensate for the relaxation of empirical control over so many directly unobservable entities? It is no surprise that appealing to a possibly infinite number of “other universes” in order to explain some regularities in our world would seem “too much” for a self-disciplined philosopher. With no strict empirical control at our disposal, it is logic that must be our guide. Also, what if logic changes from one world to another in the multiverse? Such a possibility is suggested by the category theory. From this point of view, our present concepts of the multiverse are certainly “not enough”. Should this be read as a warning that the learned imagination can lead us too far into the realms of mere possibilities?

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The Infinite Turn and Speculative Explanations in Cosmology

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