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This paper is a sequel to my “Theological Misinterpretations of Current Physical Cosmology” (Foundations of Physics, vol. 26, 1996; revised in Philo, vol.1, No.1, 1998). It draws on portions of my earlier (Grünbaum, 2000) but goes beyond it and modifies the overlapping portions.*
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Grünbaum, A. (2001). A New Critique of Theological Interpretations of Physical Cosmology. In: Rédei, M., Stöltzner, M. (eds) John von Neumann and the Foundations of Quantum Physics. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook [2000], vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2012-0_19
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