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| Copernican principle: The Copernican principle in cosmology states that humans, on the Earth or in the Solar System, are not privileged observers of the universe; that observations from the Earth are representative of observations from the average position in the universe. This principle is important for cosmology because it allows us to make inferences about the universe as a whole based on our observations from Earth._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Bernulf Kanitscheider on Copernican Principle - Dictionary of Arguments
I 233 Copernican principle/Kanitscheider: The Copernican principle (that we ourselves are not at an excellent point) is the precondition for making any statements at all about the universe. Otherwise we would have to renounce to assume that our researches could bring any results at all, because we could not extrapolate. >Universe/Kanitscheider. I 285 Copernican principle/Kanitscheider: We live in a universe of low energy density. It is to be asked whether this does not lead the Copernican principle ad absurdum. FRW worlds with low matter density have hyperbolic space sections S(t) (K = 1), which in the limiting case (k= 0) are Euclidean three-spaces. On the simplest assumption, these three-spaces are infinitely extended and are intersected by an infinite number of world lines of galaxies. That would be then actually actual infinitely many galaxies. (Aleph0). >Theories, >Method, >Observability, >Unobservables._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Kanitsch I B. Kanitscheider Kosmologie Stuttgart 1991 Kanitsch II B. Kanitscheider Im Innern der Natur Darmstadt 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28