Books by Tim Mulgan
“Mulgan’s book has very similar motivations to my own project, but he ends up in a different place. He defends a view that he calls ‘ananthropic purposivism.’ There is cosmic purpose, but it has nothing to do with human beings. We’re an accidental byproduct created on the way to a greater form of life and intelligence that the universe will ultimately produce. That’s how he explains both the evidence of fine-tuning and some other philosophical considerations. He also takes seriously other traditional arguments for God – the cosmological argument, and the problem of evil. Why do human beings suffer so much? Because cosmic purpose doesn’t care about us. We’re not part of the plan. It’s a very interesting book, though it’s not that accessible. It’s a long, academic book, but it’s wonderful.” Read more...
The best books on Cosmic Purpose
Philip Goff, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Tim Mulgan were recommended
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Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
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A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos
by Geraint Lewis & Luke Barnes -
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Purpose in the Universe: The moral and metaphysical case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism
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God, Purpose, and Reality: A Euteleological Understanding of Theism
by John Bishop & Ken Perszyk -
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Universes
by John Leslie
The best books on Cosmic Purpose, recommended by Philip Goff
The best books on Cosmic Purpose, recommended by Philip Goff
The likelihood that intelligent life would come to exist on Earth is so improbable, it’s time to re-explore the idea of cosmic purpose, argues Philip Goff, a professor of philosophy at the University of Durham and the author of Why? The Purpose of the Universe. He recommends five books that cast doubt on our post-Darwinian worldview and help us consider the latest findings of science and philosophy more fully.
