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Some Epistemic Questions of Cosmology

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We discuss a number of fundamental aspects of modern cosmological concepts, from the phenomenological, observational, theoretical and epistemic points of view. We argue that the modern cosmology, despite a great advent, in particular in the observational sector, is yet to solve important problems, posed already by the classical times. In particular the stress is put on discerning the scientific features of modern cosmological paradigms from the more speculative ones, with the latter immersed in some aspects deeply into mythological world picture. We finally discuss the principal paradigms, which are present in the modern cosmological studies and evaluate their epistemic merits.

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Grujić, P.V. Some Epistemic Questions of Cosmology. Found Sci 12, 39–83 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-006-0005-0

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