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Comment: Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology Is Alive and Well—A Reply to Disney

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A criticism of cosmological methodology and achievements by Disney (l2000) is assessed. Some historical and epistemological fallacies in that article have been highlighted. It is shown that—both empirically and pistemologically—modern cosmology lies on sounder foundations than it is portrayed. A brief historical account demonstrates that this form of dissatisfaction with cosmology has had a long tradition, and rather meager results in the course of the 20th century.

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Ćirković, M.M. Comment: Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology Is Alive and Well—A Reply to Disney. General Relativity and Gravitation 34, 119–130 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015270522659

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