Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Tell Us Anything About God?
Adam D. Hincks

TL;DR
This paper critically examines the argument that the universe's fine-tuning suggests the existence of God, analyzing philosophical and metaphysical perspectives without definitive conclusions.
Contribution
It offers a philosophical critique of the fine-tuning argument and situates it within classical metaphysical theology, highlighting potential tensions with traditional notions of God.
Findings
Fine-tuning is compatible with multiple explanations.
The argument for God as the cause of fine-tuning is not conclusive.
Metaphysical analysis links fine-tuning to divine being through classical analogy.
Abstract
The apparent fine-tuning of several fundamental parameters that determine the properties of our Universe and make it hospitable to life is sometimes used as an argument for God from design. I review the concept of cosmic fine-tuning and critically examine the claim that God is its most probable cause. While not definitively repudiating this claim, I argue that it is potentially in tension with the more apophatic approach to God found in the Abrahamic traditions. I then offer a metaphysical analysis of the contingency of fine-tuning that situates it within the classical analogy of being that points to the Divinity.
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Taxonomy
TopicsTheology and Philosophy of Evil · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
