[extropy-chat] test

[scerir]

it is a test, since I did not receive
posts in the last weeks

But, give a look to this outstanding
paper by Ellis
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602280

Issues in the Philosophy of Cosmology
-George F. R. Ellis
To appear in the Handbook in Philosophy of Physics, Ed J
Butterfield and J Earman (Elsevier, 2006).

After a survey of the present state of cosmological theory and
observations, this article discusses a series of major themes underlying the
relation of philosophy to cosmology. These are: A: The uniqueness of the
universe; B: The large scale of the universe in space and time; C: The
unbound energies in the early universe; D: Explaining the universe -- the
question of origins; E: The universe as the background for existence; F: The
explicit philosophical basis; G: The Anthropic question: fine tuning for
life; H: The possible existence of multiverses; I: The natures of existence.
Each of these themes is explored and related to a series of Theses that set
out the major issues confronting cosmology in relation to philosophy.