Recent hypotheses in cosmology are bordering the margin of mythological constructs: holographic principle, parallel universe, scattered time dimensions with only present, block universe.
Hypotheses have always been irritating, senseless statements but they tell us about the world. Even the most "Common sense" ones like hydro pressure convey this senselessness: liquids at rest do not exert pressure as there is no active agent or pressure is hard to be defined outsider of gases but experiments prove hypotheses right.
So, the latest weird hypotheses in cosmology prove that if physicists accept these as normal, which are not, it proves that even the inn8cent sounding ones should be, by concistentnl thinking, problematic as to ultimate ontoligy or inherently fictitious.
Something that has consequences as to how scientists would interpret spacetime hypotheses and "wavefunction" or superposition principle hypotheses.
Mr Preston Guynn,
Thanks for answer.
My question is about the reality of hypothesis statements.
Regarding cosmology, yes they deal with some philosophical questions like the origin of universe or why it come to existence instead of not, but i think there are reasons for arguing for cosmology's, scientific background you may omit, like it is the only field that reasonable integrates Laws from most important fields of physics
Mr Guynn,
One main aspect of hypotheses, congruent with them bei g a part of the scientific method, Is their strong membership in the realist philosophy of knowledge acquisition. This means, they dont show any reluctance to speak ofvtruth and falsity, as antirealists do.
There main criteria are 1) are statements about the world and 2) are observable claims.
These aspects however, do not preclude that their nature as reality statements is non fictitious or instrumental or dehumanized meaning realm (see here forthcoming article of mine or others dealing with meaning theory in science)
There are many hypotheses that qualify for the fictitious reality realm: the wraped fifth dimention, the ccr (cyclic universe) and consciousness as a bio logical quantum computer.
Nobody disputes the usability and contribution of hypothesis-based scientific inquiry. But i believe their nature has not been studies adequately, not even by philosiphers in contrast to the attention paid to Laws, theory of scientific theories, theory of scientific method, explanation theory etc.
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