Scholarly bibliography on anthropic principle etc.

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This bibliography contains 192 titles, some of which are available online, covering anthropic reasoning, the Doomsday argument, and related issues in cosmology, foundations of probability theory and objective chance. It only covers items published up until the year 2000.

1. Albert, D.D., On the possibility that the present quantum state of the universe is the vacuum, in Proceedings of the 1988 biennial meeting of the philosophy of science association, A. Fine and J. Lepli, Editors. 1989, East Lansing: Michigan. p. 127-133.
2. Balashov, Y.V., Transcendental background to the anthropic reasoning in cosmology. Man and World, 1992. 25: p. 115-132.
3. Barrow, J.D., Anthropic definitions. Q. Jl. astr. Soc., 1983. 24: p. 146-153.
4. Barrow, J.D. and F.J. Tipler, The anthropic cosmological principle. 1986, Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York: Oxford University Press. xx, 706.
5. Barrow, J.D., The world within the world. 1988, Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press. xiv, 398.
6. Barrow, J.D., Theories of everything : the quest for ultimate explanation. 1991, Oxford [England] New York: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. xi, 223.
7. Barrow, J.D., Pi in the sky : counting, thinking, and being. 1992, Oxford New York: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. ix, 317.
8. Barrow, J.G., Patterns of Explanation in Cosmology, in The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy, F. Bertola and U. Curi, Editors. 1993, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
9. Barrow, J.D. and J. Silk, The left hand of creation : the origin and evolution of the expanding universe. 1994, New York: Oxford University Press. . cm.
10. Barrow, J.D., The origin of the universe. Science masters series. 1994, New York: BasicBooks. xv, 150.
11. Barrow, J.D., The artful universe. 1995, Oxford Oxford ; New York: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press. x, 274.
12. Barrow, J.D., Impossibility : the limits of science and the science of limits. 1998, Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. xiii, 279.
13. Barrow, J.D., Cosmology and the Origin of Life. Physics preprint archive, 1998. astro-ph/9811461(30 Nov 1998).
14. Barrow, J.D., Between inner space and outer space : essays on science, art, and philosophy. 1999, Oxford [England] ; New York: Oxford University Press. xii, 274.
15. Bartha, P. and C. Hitchcock, No One Knows the Date of the Hour: An Unorthodox Application of Rev. Bayes's Theorem. Philosophy of Science, 1999. 66 (Proceedings): p. S229-S353.
16. Bartha, P. and C. Hitchcock, The shooting-room paradox and conditionalizing on measurably challenged sets. Synthese, 2000%%: p. 403-437.
17. Barvinsky, A.O., Open inflation without anthropic principle. Physics preprint archive, 1998. hepth/9806093(v2 14 June).
18. Bigelow, J., J. Lollins, and R. Pargetter, The big bad bug: what are the Humean's chances? Brit. J. Phil. Sci., 1993. 44: p. 443-63.
19. Bitbol, M., From the Anthropic Principle to the Subject Principle, in The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy, F. Bertola and U. Curi, Editors. 1993, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
20. Black, R., Chance, Credence, and the Principal Principle. Brit. J. Phil. Sci., 1998. 49: p. 371-85.
21. Boltzman, L., Zu Hrn. Zermelo's Abhandlung "Ueber die mecahnische Erklärung irreversibler Vorgänge". ???
22. Bostrom, N., Investigations into the Doomsday argument. Preprint, 1997. http://www.anthropic-principles.com/preprints/inv/investigations.html.
23. Bostrom, N., How Long Before Superintelligence? International Journal of Futures Studies, 1998. 2.
24. Bostrom, N., A review of anthropic reasoning, . 1998.
25. Bostrom, N., Singularity and Predictability, in Extropy. 1998.
26. Bostrom, N., The Doomsday Argument is Alive and Kicking. Mind, 1999. 108(431): p. 539-50.
27. Bostrom, N. and et al., The Transhumanist FAQ, . 1999.
28. Bostrom, N., Paradoxes of the Self-sampling assumption. In preparation, 1999.
29. Bostrom, N. A Subjectivist Theory of Objective Chance. in British Society for the Philosophy of Science Conference, July 8-9. 1999. Nottingham, U.K.
30. Bostrom, N., Is the end nigh?, in The philosopher's magazine. 2000. p. 19-20.
31. Bostrom, N., Observer-relative chances in anthropic reasoning? Erkenntnis, 2000. In print.
32. Bostrom, N., Cosmological Constant and the Final Anthropic Hypothesis. Astrophysics and Space Science, 2000. Forthcoming.
33. Bostrom, N., A theory of Anthropic Reasoning and Objective Chance: PhD Dissertation, in Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific method. 2000, The London School of Economics: London.
34. Brin, G.D., The `Great Silence': The Controversy Concerning Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life. Q. Jl. R. astr. Soc., 1983. 24: p. 283-309.
35. Buch, P., Future prospects discussed. Nature, 1994. 368(10 March): p. 108.
36. Carlson, E. and E.J. Olsson, Is our existence in need of further explanation? Inquiry, 1998. 41: p. 255-75.
37. Carnap, R., On the Applications of Inductive Logic. Philosophical and phenomenological research, 1947. 8: p. 133-48.
38. Carr, B.J. and M.J. Rees, The anthropic principle and the structure of the physical world. Nature, 1979. 278(12 April): p. 605-612.
39. Carter, B., Large number coincidences and the anthropic principle in cosmology, in Confrontation of cosmological theories with data, M.S. Longair, Editor. 1974, Reidel: Dordrecht. p. 291-8.
40. Carter, B., The anthropic principle and its implications for biological evolution. Phil. Trans. R. Soc., 1983. A 310(347-363).
41. Carter, B., The anthropic selection principle and the ultra-Darwinian synthesis, in The anthropic principle, F. Bertola and U. Curi, Editors. 1989, Cambridge university press: Cambridge. p. 33-63.
42. Carter, B., Large Number Coincidences and the Anthropic Principle in Cosmology, in Physical Cosmology and Philosophy, J. Leslie, Editor. 1990, Macmillan Publishing Company.
43. Caves, C.M., Predicting future duration from present age: A critical assessment. Physics preprint archive, 2000. astro-ph/0001414(24 Jan 2000).
44. Chislenko, A., Networking in the Mind Age, . 1996.
45. Cirkovic, M. and N. Bostrom, Cosmological Constant and the Final Anthropic Hypothesis. Physics preprint archive, 1999. gr-qc/9906042(v1, 13 Jun).
46. Collins, C.B., Why is the universe isotropic? The Astrophysical Journal, 1973. 180(March 1): p. 317-334.
47. Craig, W.L., Barrow and Tipler on the anthropic principle vs. Divine design. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1988. 38: p. 389-395.
48. Craig, W.L., Hartle-Hawking cosmology and atheism. Analysis, 1997. 57(4): p. 291-295.
49. Davis, P., What caused Big Bang, in Physical Cosmology and Philosophy, J. Leslie, Editor. 1990, Macmillan Publishing Company.
50. Delahaye, J.-P., Reserche de modeles pourl'argument de l'Apocalypse de Carter-Leslie, . 1996.
51. Dieks, D., Doomsday - Or: the Dangers of Statistics. Philosophical Quarterly, 1992. 42(166): p. 78-84.
52. Dieks, D., The Doomsday Argument, . 1999.
53. Dowe, P., Multiple universes, fine tuning and the inverse gambler's fallacy, . 1998.
54. Drexler, E., Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology. 1985, London: Forth Estate.
55. Drexler, E., Nanosystems. 1992, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
56. Dyson, F., Time without end: physics and biology in an open universe. Reviews of Modern Physics, 1979. 51(3).
57. Earman, J., The big bang and the horizon problem, in Bangs, crunches, whimpers, and shrieks.
58. Earman, J., The SAP also rises: a critical examination of the anthropic principle. Philosophical Quarterly, 1987. 24(4): p. 307-17.
59. Eckhardt, W., A Shooting-Room view of Doomsday. Journal of Philosophy, 1992. XCIV(5): p. 244-259.
60. Eckhardt, W., Probability Theory and the Doomsday Argument. Mind, 1993. 102(407): p. 483-88.
61. Efstathiou, G., MNRAS, 1995. 161(1).
62. Ellis, G.F.R., Cosmology and Verifiability, in Physical Cosmology and Philosophy, J. Leslie, Editor. 1990, Macmillan Publishing Company.
63. Feoli, A. and S. Rampone, Is the Strong Anthropic Principle to Weak? Physics Preprint Archive, 1998. gr-qc/9812093(30 Dec 1998).
64. Franceschi, P., Une Solution pour l'Argument de l'Apocalypse. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1998. 28(2): p. 227-246.
65. Gale, G., The Anthropic Principle. Scientific American, 1981. 245 (June): p. 154-171.
66. Gale, G., Anthropic-principle cosmology: physics or metaphysics?, in Final Causality in Nature and Human Affairs, R. Hassing, Editor. 1996, Catholic University Press: Washington, D. C.
67. Gardner, M., WAP, SAP, FAP &PAP. New York Review of Books, 1986. 33(8 (May 8)): p. 22-25.
68. Garriga, J., The density parameter and the Anthropic Principle. Physics preprint archive, 1998. astro-ph/9803268(23 March).
69. Gillies, D.A., An objective theory of probability. 1973: Methuen.
70. Goodman, S., N., Future prospects discussed. Nature, 1994. 368(10 March): p. 108.
71. Gott, R.J., Implications of the Copernican principle for our future prospects. Nature, 1993. 363(27 May): p. 315-319.
72. Gott, R.J., Future prospects discussed. Nature, 1994. 368(10 March): p. 108ff.
73. Gott, R.J., A Grim Reckoning, in New Scientist. 1997. p. 36-39.
74. Gould, S.J., The Flamingo's Smile, Reflections in Natural History. 1985, London: Penguin Books.
75. Gratton, L., The anthropic principle: a critical view, in The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy, F. Bertola and U. Curi, Editors. 1993, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
76. Greenberg, M., Apocalypse Not Just Now. London Review of Books, 1999. 1 July 1999: p. 19-22.
77. Grover, S., Cosmological fecundity. Inquiry, 1998. 41: p. 277-99.
78. Hacking, I., The inverse gambler's fallacy: the argument from design. The anthropic principle applied to wheeler universes. Mind, 1987: p. 331-40.
79. Hacking, I., Astronomical improbability, in Logic, methdology and philosophy of science, Fenstad and et al., Editors. 1989, Elsevier Science publishers B. V. p. 413-426.
80. Hall, N., Correcting the guide to objective chance. Mind, 1994. 103(412): p. 505-17.
81. Hanson, R., Must early life be easy? The rhythm of major evolutionary transitions, . 1998.
82. Hart, M.H., Atmospheric Evolution, the Drake Equation, and DNA: Sparse life in an Infinite Universe, in Extraterrestrials: Where are they?, M.H. Hart and B. Zuckerman, Editors. 1982, Pergamon Press: New York.
83. Hawking, S. and N. Turok, Open Inflation Without False Vacua. Physics preprint archive, 1998. hep- th/ 9802030(5 Feb).
84. Hayek, A., 1997??
85. Heidman, J., The Anthropic Principle and the SETI perspective, in The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy, F. Bertola and U. Curi, Editors. 1993, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
86. Hoefer, C., On Lewis' objective chance: 'Humean supervenience debugged'. Mind, 1997. 106(422): p. 321-34.
87. Hoefer, C., A Skeptic's Guide to Objective Chance, . 1999.
88. Hogan, C.J., Why is the universe just so. Physics preprint archive, 1999. astro-ph/9909295(16 Sep).
89. Jeffrey, R., The logic of decision. 1965: McGraw-Hill.
90. Kanitscheider, B., Anthropic arguments - are they really explanations?, in The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy, F. Bertola and U. Curi, Editors. 1993, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
91. Katz, J., Why there is something: The Anthropic Principle and improbable events. Dialogue, 1988. XXVII: p. 111-120.
92. Kelly, K., Is the weak anthropic principle compatible with Divine design: a response to Craig (1997), . 1998.
93. Klapdor, H.V. and K. Grotz, Astrophysical Journal, 1986. 301(L39).
94. Kopf, T., P. Krtous, and D.N. Page, Too soon for doom gloom. Physics preprint, 1994. gr-gc/9407002(v3, 4 Jul.).
95. Korb, K. and J. Oliver, A Refutation of the Doomsday Argument. Mind, 1999. 107: p. 403-10.
96. Leslie, J., Observership in Cosmology: the anthropic Principle. Mind, 1983. XCII: p. 573-579.
97. Leslie, J. The Scientific Weight of Anthropic and Teleological Principles. in Conference on Teleology in Natural Science. 1985. Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh.
98. Leslie, J., No inverse gambler's fallacy in cosmology. Mind, 1988. xcvii(386): p. 269-272.
99. Leslie, J., Risking the world's end. Bulletin of the Canadian Nuclear Society, 1989. May, 10-15.
100. Leslie, J., Universes. 1989, London: Routledge.
101. Leslie, J., ed. Physical cosmology and philosophy. . 1990, Collier Macmillan: New York. viii, 277.
102. Leslie, J., Is the end of the world nigh? Philosophical Quarterly, 1990. 40(158): p. 65-72.
103. Leslie, J., in Physical cosmology and philosophy, J. Leslie, Editor. 1990, Macmillan ; Collier Macmillan: New York London. p. viii, 277.
104. Leslie, J., Doomsday Revisited. Philosophical Quarterly, 1992. 42(166): p. 85-87.
105. Leslie, J., Design and the Anthropic Principle. Biology and Philosophy, 1992. 7: p. 349-359.
106. Leslie, J., Doom and Probabilities. Mind, 1993. 102(407): p. 489-91.
107. Leslie, J., Fine tuning can be important. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 1994. 72(3): p. 383.
108. Leslie, J., The End of the World: the science and ethics of human extinction. 1996, London: Routledge.
109. Leslie, J., A difficulty for Everett's many-worlds theory. Int. Stud. Phil. Sci., 1996. 10(3): p. 239-246.
110. Leslie, J., The Anthropic Principle Today, in Final Causality in Nature and Human Affairs, R. Hassing, Editor. 1996, Catholic University Press: Washington, D. C.
111. Leslie, J., Observer-relative Chances and the Doomsday argument. Inquiry, 1997. 40: p. 427-36.
112. Leslie, J., Modern cosmology & philosophy. 1998, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. ix, 363.
113. Leslie, J., Our place in cosmos, . 1998.
114. Lewis, D., On the Plurality of Worlds. 1986, Oxford: Oxford university press.
115. Lewis, D., Philosophical Papers. Vol. 2. 1986, New York: Oxford University Press.
116. Lewis, D., Humean Supervenience Debugged. Mind, 1994. 103(412): p. 473-90.
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118. Linde, A., The Universe: Inflation Out Of Chaos, in New Scientist. 1985. p. 14-18.
119. Linde, A., Inflation and Quantum Cosmology. 1990, San Diego: Academic Press.
120. Linde, A. and A. Mezhlumian, On regulatization scheme dependence of predictions in inflationary cosmology. Physics preprint archive, 1999. gr-qc/9511058.
121. Mach, R., Big Numbers and the induction case for extraterrestrial intelligence. Philosophy of Science, 1993. 60: p. 204-222.
122. Mackay, A.L., Future prospects discussed. Nature, 1994. 368(10 March): p. 108.
123. Martel, H., P.R. Shapiro, and S. Weinberg, Astrophysical Journal, 1998. 492(29).
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137. Nielsen, H.B., Random dynamics and relations between the number of fermion generations and the fine structure constants. Acta Physica Polonica B, 1989. May: p. 427-68.
138. Oliver, J. and K. Korb, A Bayesian analysis of the Doomsday Argument, . 1997, Department of Computer Science, Monash University.
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145. Perry, R.M., An Alternative to Deism based on the Anthropic Principle, in Venturist monthly News. 1995.
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