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IN Chapter 6 we considered what it meant to say of Space that it had a certain geometry, was finite or infinite and, if finite, had a certain volume. In Chapter 9 and in the last two chapters we have examined the amount of knowledge we can have about states of objects at other places and temporal instants and the degree of its reliability. We are now in a position to examine how we can reach a conclusion about the size and geometry of our Universe.
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I. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Transcendental Dialectic, chapter 11. ‘The Antimony of Pure Reason’, especially B.454–61.
A. Einstein, ‘The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity’ and ‘Cosmological Considerations on the General Theory of Relativity’ reprinted in A. Einstein et al., The Principle of Relativity (trans. W. Perrett and G. B. Jeffery), London, 1923.
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Swinburne, R. (1968). The Size and Geometry of the Universe. In: Space and Time. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00581-9_15
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