HPS 2840 - PHILOSOPHY OF COSMOLOGY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers the philosophical challenges posed by modern cosmology. Topics covered will vary but may include: the development of the modern (Big Bang) synthesis; dark matter; dark energy and the cosmological constant problem; the distinctive epistemic and methodological problems thrown up by cosmology; inflation, the horizon problem, and the flatness problem; cosmological fine-tuning.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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