Barrow and Tipler on the anthropic principle vs . divine design
The British journal for the philosophy of science, vol. 39, no. 3, 1988, pp. 389–395
Abstract
Barrow and Tipler’s contention that the Anthropic Principle is obviously true and removes the need for an explanation of fine-tuning fails because the Principle is trivially true, and only within the context of a World Ensemble, whose existence is not obvious, does a selection effect become significant. Their objections to divine design as an explanation of fine-tuning are seen to be misconceived.
