ABSTRACT

The teleological argument has received a resurgence in recent years. This is thanks to cosmological data which appears to offer new evidence to indicate that the existence of life is the result of contrivance in the face of staggering improbability. Richard Swinburne argues that cosmic fine-tuning gives us good evidence to believe in the creator God of classical theism, who has good reasons to create human agents. I assess Swinburne’s use of the “principle of simplicity” as a criterion for selecting the best explanation in this particular case, arguing that it is not as compelling as Swinburne claims.

中文翻译：

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简单有那么简单吗？从 Cosmic Fine-Tuning 评估 Richard Swinburne 的论点

摘要

近年来，目的论论点重新流行起来。这要归功于宇宙学数据，这些数据似乎提供了新的证据，表明生命的存在是在面对令人震惊的不可能的情况下的设计结果。理查德·斯温伯恩认为，宇宙微调为我们提供了很好的证据，让我们相信古典有神论的创造者之神，他有充分的理由创造人类代理人。我评估 Swinburne 使用“简单原则”作为在这种特殊情况下选择最佳解释的标准，认为它不像 Swinburne 声称的那样令人信服。