Cosmological fine-tuning: the view from 2025
Abstract 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.
Authors
- Luke A. Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0016-9485)
- Philip Goff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4461-3848)
- Geraint F. Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-9319)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Durham University (GB)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Religious Studies
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412525101170
- Primary Topic
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00