fine-tuning argument
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
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To that extent, then, the value of thefine-tuningargumentmust be left open.
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Now what must be recognized first is that in thefine-tuningargumentk is not tautological.
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Can the critic of thefine-tuningargumentreally resist this line of reply?
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The common form of thefine-tuningargument, however, is not helped by this.
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Now, the conditions for life are regarded as significant (in the same sense) by thefine-tuningargument.
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The common version of thefine-tuningargumentturns on the point that a number of necessary conditions for life are exceedingly improbable.
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The situation is thus far analogous to that envisaged in thefine-tuningargument.
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Now in considering this, one must first be clear what exactly k is taken to be in the case of thefine-tuningargument.
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Without addressing thefine-tuningargumentitself, there is still a problem here.
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The upshot of section 4 is the point on which thefine-tuningargumentturns, namely the very great improbability of a number of the necessary conditions of life.
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The points we make about the tension between thefine-tuningargumentand the biological-design argument arise for any view of confirmation that shares these three properties.
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Such publications introduced concepts central to intelligent design, including "irreducible complexity" (a variant of the watchmaker analogy) and "specified complexity" (closely resembling afine-tuningargument).
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It is indeed very difficult to quantify fine-tuning arguments for this sort of reason.
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