Modern cosmology is a successful empirical science, but the microphysical identities of inflation, dark matter, and dark energy may be permanently underdetermined by cosmological data.
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The Spectre of Underdetermination in Modern Cosmology
Modern cosmology is a successful empirical science, but the microphysical identities of inflation, dark matter, and dark energy may be permanently underdetermined by cosmological data.