The Multiverse: Separate Worlds, Branching, or Hyperspace? And What Implications Are There for Theism?

Title
The Multiverse: Separate Worlds, Branching, or Hyperspace? And What Implications Are There for Theism?
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Forrest, Peter
Editor
Editor(s): Klaas Kraay
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
London, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
UNE publication id
une:17799
Abstract
My purpose is to compare three basic versions of multiverse, that is, the many 'worlds', theory: Separate Worlds, Branching, and Hyperspace. There is, in addition, a variant on Branching, the Lattice Universe, as well as mixed theories. I shall reject Separate Worlds even though I assimilate merely possible worlds to those of Multiverse. The choice between Branching and Hyperspace is not so straightforward, although I judge that Hyperspace is to be preferred by theists. I then examine the consequences for theism, arguing that Hyperspace coheres better with theism than its rivals. In addition, Hyperspace supports the existence of something physical prior to God's act of creation, which I identify with the divine body. This 'something' could be described pretheoretically as without structure and indeterminate (the 'apeiron').
Link
Citation
God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives, p. 61-91
ISBN
9781317656586
9781138788671
Start page
61
End page
91

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