LANL Abstract: Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology is Alive and Well

From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 14:27:51 MST


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Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0107303

From: Milan M. Cirkovic <arioch@eunet.yu>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:20:08 GMT (196kb)

Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology is Alive and Well - A Reply to
Disney

Authors: Milan M. Cirkovic
Comments: 11 pages, no figures; a criticism of astro-ph/0009020; Gen. Rel.
Grav., accepted for publication

     A recent criticism of cosmological methodology and achievements by
     Disney (2000) is assessed. Some historical and epistemological
     fallacies in the said article have been highlighted. It is shown
     that---both empirically and epistemologically---modern cosmology
     lies on sounder foundations than it is portrayed. A brief
     historical account demonstrates that this form of unsatisfaction
     with cosmology has had a long tradition, and rather meagre results
     in the course of the XX century.

Paper: PDF only

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