Much Ado about Nothing: A Review Essay on 'The Grand Design'

Philosophia Christi 12 (2):409 - 418 (2010)
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While declaring philosophy to be dead, Hawking and Mlodinow are deeply engaged in philosophical speculation. Their treatment of the origin and fine tuning of the universe, though unsympathetic to theism, turns out upon examination to be quite supportive of natural theology

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