Cosmology and Verifiability
Abstract
The way in which one obtains a cosmological model from basic principles is discussed. It is shown that some of these principles are of necessity unverifiable. The observed isotropy of the universe leads to a uniformity assumption which can be codified in various ways, leading to slightly different world models. The overall structure of these world models is discussed in detail, and the different ways in which different parts of the universe are accessible to observation can then be made explicit.
- Publication:
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975QJRAS..16..245E
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Cosmology;
- Hypotheses;
- Relativity;
- Universe;
- Assumptions;
- Bibliographies;
- Isotropy;
- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Probability Theory;
- Proving;
- Singularity (Mathematics);
- Astrophysics