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Article Contents
- ABSTRACT
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.THE CONTENT OF COSMOLOGY
- 2.1.The universe: a well defined physical system?
- 2.1.1.A mathematized historical science?
- 2.1.2.Other features peculiar to cosmology
- 2.1.3.Initial conditions
- 3.COSMOLOGICAL MODELING
- 3.1.General hypotheses
- 3.1.1.Primordial Nucleosynthesis
- 3.1.2. Empirical situation with regard to
A2
- 3.1.3.Cosmological
observation
- 3.2.More on the standard cosmological model
- 3.3.The concordance model of the universe
(ΛCDM)
- 3.4.Matter content of unknown origin
- 3.4.1.Dark matter
- 3.4.2.Dark energy
- 3.5.Further conceptual pecularities of the
standard model
- 4.THE INFLATIONARY FLASH
- 4.1.Particle cosmology
- 4.2.The inflationary model
- 4.3.ΛCDM-questionaire
(implying inflation)
- 5.ORIGINATIVE COSMOLOGY
- 5.1.Quantum gravity
- 5.2.Quantum cosmology
- 5.2.1.Law of initial conditions?
- 5.2.2.The Wheeler-DeWitt equation
- 5.2.3.Puzzles of quantum cosmology
- 5.3.Make-believe cosmology: the multiverse
- 5.3.1.Multiverse models
- 5.3.2.Philosophical issues
- 5.3.3.Multiverse
questionaire
- 6.THE SCIENCE OF COSMOLOGY
- 6.1.The epistemic value of cosmology
- 6.2.The explanatory value of cosmology
- 6.2.1.Comparison with other natural sciences
- 6.2.2.Error bars
- 7.CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES