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Is the Universe As Large As It Can Be?

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In this note, we cast doubt on the requirement of spacetime inextendibility; it is not at all clear that our universe is “as large as it can be.”

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  1. For two additional arguments against the requirement of spacetime inextendibility, see Manchak (2011, 2016).

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  1. Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    John Byron Manchak

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Correspondence to John Byron Manchak.

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Thanks go to Jeff Barrett, Thomas Barrett, Bob Geroch, David Malament, Jim Weatherall, and two anonymous referees for helping to improve an earlier draft.

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Manchak, J.B. Is the Universe As Large As It Can Be?. Erkenn 81, 1341–1344 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-015-9799-x

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