Editing Anthropic principle (section)

== References ==
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* {{Citation |last=Bostrom |first=N. |author-link=Nick Bostrom |year=2002 |title=Anthropic bias: Observation selection effects in science and philosophy |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-93858-7}} 5 chapters available [http://www.anthropic-principle.com/book/ online.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826121429/http://www.anthropic-principle.com/book/  |date=2006-08-26 }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Cirkovic, M. M. |year=2002 |title=On the first anthropic argument in astrobiology |journal=Earth, Moon, and Planets |volume=91 |pages=243–254 |doi=10.1023/A:1026266630823 |issue=4 |arxiv=astro-ph/0306185 |bibcode=2002EM&P...91..243C |s2cid=17341587 }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Cirkovic, M. M.|year=2004| title=The anthropic principle and the duration of the cosmological past |journal=Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions |volume=23 |pages=567–597 |doi=10.1080/10556790412331335327 |arxiv=astro-ph/0505005 |bibcode=2004A&AT...23..567C |issue=6 |s2cid=6068309 }}
* {{Cite book |first=Simon |last=Conway Morris |author-link=Simon Conway Morris |date=2003 |title=Life's solution: Inevitable humans in a lonely Universe |url=https://archive.org/details/lifessolutionine01conw |url-access=registration |publisher=Cambridge University Press }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Craig, William Lane |author-link=William Lane Craig |date=1987 |title=Critical review of ''The anthropic cosmological principle'' |journal=International Philosophical Quarterly| volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=437–47 |doi=10.5840/ipq198727433}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hawking |first=Stephen W. |author-link=Stephen Hawking |date=1988 |title=A brief history of time |url=https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofti00step_1 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofti00step_1/page/174 174] |location=New York |publisher=Bantam books |isbn=978-0-553-34614-5 }}
* {{Cite magazine |title=Anthropic Design: Does the Cosmos Show Evidence of Purpose? |author-link=Victor J. Stenger |last=Stenger |first=Victor J. |date=July–August 1999 |work=The Skeptical Inquirer |volume=23 |number=4 |pages=40–43 |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/1999/07/anthropic-design-does-the-cosmos-show-evidence-of-purpose/ |url-access=subscription}}
* [[Mosterín, Jesús]] (2005). "Anthropic explanations in cosmology". In P. Háyek, L. Valdés and D. Westerstahl (ed.), ''Logic, methodology and philosophy of science, Proceedings of the 12th international congress of the LMPS''. London: King's college publications, pp.&nbsp;441–473. {{ISBN|1-904987-21-4}}.
* {{Cite book |author=Taylor |author2=Stuart Ross |date=1998 |title=Destiny or chance: Our Solar System and its place in the cosmos |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-78521-1 }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Tegmark, Max |author-link=Max Tegmark |year=1997 |url=http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/dimensions.html |title=On the dimensionality of spacetime |journal=Classical and Quantum Gravity |volume=14 |pages=L69–L75 |doi=10.1088/0264-9381/14/4/002|arxiv=gr-qc/9702052 |bibcode=1997CQGra..14L..69T |issue=4 |s2cid=15694111 }} A simple anthropic argument for why there are 3 spatial and 1 temporal dimensions.
* {{Cite journal |author=Tipler, F. J. |author-link=Frank J. Tipler |year=2003 |title=Intelligent life in cosmology |journal=International Journal of Astrobiology |volume=2 |pages=141–48 |doi=10.1017/S1473550403001526 |bibcode=2003IJAsB...2..141T |issue=2 |arxiv=0704.0058 |s2cid=119283361 }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Walker, M. A. |author2=Cirkovic, M. M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |title=Anthropic reasoning, naturalism and the contemporary design argument |journal=International Studies in the Philosophy of Science |volume=20 |pages=285–307 |doi=10.1080/02698590600960945 |issue=3 |citeseerx=10.1.1.212.2588 |s2cid=8804703 }} Shows that some of the common criticisms of anthropic principle based on its relationship with numerology or the theological design argument are wrong.
* {{Cite book |author=Ward, P. D. |author2=Brownlee, D. |name-list-style=amp |year=2000 |title=Rare Earth: Why complex life is uncommon in the Universe |publisher= Springer Verlag |isbn=978-0-387-98701-9 |title-link=Rare Earth hypothesis }}
* {{Cite book |author-link=Alex Vilenkin |first=Alex |last=Vilenkin |year=2006 |title=Many worlds in one: The search for other universes |publisher=Hill and Wang |isbn=978-0-8090-9523-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/manyworldsinoneo00vile }}
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