Cosmological fine-tuning: the view from 2025

Geraint Lewis; Luke Barnes; Philip Goff

doi:10.1017/S0034412525101170

Cosmological fine-tuning: the view from 2025

Geraint Lewis
, Luke Barnes
, Philip Goff

School of Science

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In recent decades, it has become clear that if our universe had been born with slightly different physics, e.g. if the masses of fundamental particles were altered by a tiny fraction, it would be sterile and uninhabitable. We explore the current state of the evidence for this cosmological fine-tuning. We then explore three possible explanations of fine-tuning: traditional theism, the multiverse hypothesis, and a pantheistic God of limited power.

Original language	English
Number of pages	11
Journal	Religious Studies
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412525101170
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print (In Press) - 2025

Keywords

fine-tuning
God
inflationary cosmology
multiverse
theism

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