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A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical HolismThe Anthropic Principles of Dialectical Holism

A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical Holism: The Anthropic Principles of... [In this chapter, Harris’s appeal to four versions of the anthropic principle are examined in light of four recently developed multiverse theories that some cosmologists consider effective for avoiding the conclusions of stronger anthropic reasoning. In Sect. 4.2, the weak anthropic principle and three associated selection effects are exemplified. The aim here is to elucidate Harris’s phenomenological means of avoiding certain multiverse theories. In Sect. 4.3, it is argued that a weaker version of Harris’s participatory anthropic reasoning can be revised and upheld by appealing to Bohmian quantum theory and phenomenology. Arguments to the effect that the final anthropic principle is irrelevant to Harris’s project are provided in Sect. 4.4, and in Sect. 4.5 these discussions culminate with the introduction of Harris’s (paradigmatic) teleological anthropic reasoning. This chapter concludes that dialectical holism avoids many arguments that have been utilized for refuting stronger AR, but Harris’s ontological conclusions must nevertheless confront numerous unforeseen challenges to be addressed in the following chapters.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Phenomenological Revision of E. E. Harris's Dialectical HolismThe Anthropic Principles of Dialectical Holism

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Springer International Publishing
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[In this chapter, Harris’s appeal to four versions of the anthropic principle are examined in light of four recently developed multiverse theories that some cosmologists consider effective for avoiding the conclusions of stronger anthropic reasoning. In Sect. 4.2, the weak anthropic principle and three associated selection effects are exemplified. The aim here is to elucidate Harris’s phenomenological means of avoiding certain multiverse theories. In Sect. 4.3, it is argued that a weaker version of Harris’s participatory anthropic reasoning can be revised and upheld by appealing to Bohmian quantum theory and phenomenology. Arguments to the effect that the final anthropic principle is irrelevant to Harris’s project are provided in Sect. 4.4, and in Sect. 4.5 these discussions culminate with the introduction of Harris’s (paradigmatic) teleological anthropic reasoning. This chapter concludes that dialectical holism avoids many arguments that have been utilized for refuting stronger AR, but Harris’s ontological conclusions must nevertheless confront numerous unforeseen challenges to be addressed in the following chapters.]

Published: Oct 13, 2021

Keywords: Anthropic principle; Multiverse theory; Dialectical holism; Teleology

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