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The Anthropic Principle and Its Epistemological Status in Modern Physical Cosmology

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It was a long way from Greek geocentric cosmology to the modern centerless universe which is linked to the name of Copernicus.

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Kanitscheider, B. (1991). The Anthropic Principle and Its Epistemological Status in Modern Physical Cosmology. In: Agazzi, E., Cordero, A. (eds) Philosophy and the Origin and Evolution of the Universe. Synthese Library, vol 217. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3598-6_11

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