{"title":"“水坑思维”的麻烦:人择原理的用户指南","authors":"GeraintF . Lewis, L. Barnes","doi":"10.5962/p.361949","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Are some cosmologists trying to return human beings to the centre of the cosmos? In the view of some critics, the so-called\"anthropic principle\"is a desperate attempt to salvage a scrap of dignity for our species after a few centuries of demotion at the hands of science. It is all things archaic and backwards - teleology, theology, religion, anthropocentrism - trying to sneak back in scientific camouflage. We argue that this is a mistake. The anthropic principle is not mere human arrogance, nor is it religion in disguise. It is a necessary part of the science of the universe.","PeriodicalId":35531,"journal":{"name":"Journal and Proceedings - Royal Society of New South Wales","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"The trouble with “puddle thinking:” a user’s guide to the Anthropic Principle\",\"authors\":\"GeraintF . Lewis, L. Barnes\",\"doi\":\"10.5962/p.361949\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Are some cosmologists trying to return human beings to the centre of the cosmos? In the view of some critics, the so-called\\\"anthropic principle\\\"is a desperate attempt to salvage a scrap of dignity for our species after a few centuries of demotion at the hands of science. It is all things archaic and backwards - teleology, theology, religion, anthropocentrism - trying to sneak back in scientific camouflage. We argue that this is a mistake. The anthropic principle is not mere human arrogance, nor is it religion in disguise. It is a necessary part of the science of the universe.\",\"PeriodicalId\":35531,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Journal and Proceedings - Royal Society of New South Wales\",\"volume\":\" \",\"pages\":\"\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2021-04-07\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Journal and Proceedings - Royal Society of New South Wales\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.361949\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q4\",\"JCRName\":\"Multidisciplinary\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal and Proceedings - Royal Society of New South Wales","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.361949","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Multidisciplinary","Score":null,"Total":0}
The trouble with “puddle thinking:” a user’s guide to the Anthropic Principle
Are some cosmologists trying to return human beings to the centre of the cosmos? In the view of some critics, the so-called"anthropic principle"is a desperate attempt to salvage a scrap of dignity for our species after a few centuries of demotion at the hands of science. It is all things archaic and backwards - teleology, theology, religion, anthropocentrism - trying to sneak back in scientific camouflage. We argue that this is a mistake. The anthropic principle is not mere human arrogance, nor is it religion in disguise. It is a necessary part of the science of the universe.
期刊介绍：
The Society''s journal is one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications in the Southern Hemisphere. Much innovative research of the 19th and early 20th centuries was first brought to the attention of the scientific world through the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. In the last few decades specialist journals have become preferred for highly technical work but the Journal and Proceedings remains an important publication for multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary work. The Journal and Proceedings is exchanged with many institutions worldwide. Currently issues are usually published around June and December each year, although a single December issue appeared in 2016.
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
