On the Origin and Evolution of the Universe: Chaos or Cosmos?

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IntroductionIn the scientific literature evolution the Universe is based on the BigBang model, which has now become a standard scenario. However, verylittle is known about the early stages of this evolution, where we shouldrely on some models, because the required quantum gravity theory is stillmissing.On the other hand, creation of the World is usually an important issue ofreligion (theology of creation). Nevertheless, these two domain of humanactivity seemed to often be in conflict, some scientists and philosophershave noticed that the aim of science is to explore the Universe created byGod; science and natural theology have different methods but the samesubject.Obviously, to bridge these two domains of humane knowledge (scienceand religion) a proper philosophy is required. Hence, one should returnto great philosophers starting from the Greeks asking the questions aboutthe origin of existence of the world, e.g.,SRC, Warsaw, 3 October 2013 3
• Aristotle’s universe: the world always existed,but needed the eternal (atemporal) First Mover• Plato’s creation: a Demiurg transformed an initial chaotic stuffinto the ordered Cosmos• St. Augustine’s Creator (in the fullest sens):a Being from whom the existence (in time) of all things derives(from ’nothingness ’in the past to ’nothingness’ in the future)In this paper, we would like to consider the origin of the Universe in viewof the modern science, including quantum models of creation, and recenttheory of nonlinear dynamics, deterministic chaos and fractals. We hopethat these modern studies give also new insight into the most importantphilosophical issues exceeding the classical ontological principles, e.g.,providing a deeper understanding of an old philosophical question: whydoes something exist instead of nothing?SRC, Warsaw, 3 October 2013 4
Page 1 and 2: On the Origin and Evolution of the
Page 3: Plan of Presentation1. Introduction
Page 7 and 8: Evolution of the UniverseAccording
Page 9 and 10: A representation of the evolution o
Page 11 and 12: In Search of Quantum GravityUnderst
Page 13 and 14: Birth and Evolution of the Universe
Page 15 and 16: String TheorySome of the scholars i
Page 17 and 18: Bibliography• Hartle J.B., S.W. H
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Page 21 and 22: BifurcationsBifurcation diagram of
Page 23 and 24: Multifractal Models for TurbulenceA
Page 25 and 26: Bibliography• Falconer, K., Fract
Page 27 and 28: Philosophy of ScienceIn particular,
Page 29 and 30: • We should note a certain relati
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Page 33 and 34: Epilogue• We argue that the scien
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