The Mathematical Universe
Max Tegmark · 2008 · Foundations of Physics, 38(2), 101–150
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Summary
Tegmark's full statement of the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis: the proposal that physical reality is identical with a mathematical structure.
How this source is used on the map
The primary source for the mathematical-universe claim. Sceptics treat the proposal as untestable; defenders treat it as the simplest ontology.
Citation record
- Authors
- Max Tegmark
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Foundations of Physics, 38(2), 101–150
- Source type
- Journal article
- Map role
- context
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- Not recorded
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Not recorded
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Frames the anthropic / multiverse / design debate that simulation, mathematical-universe, and theism claims all engage with.
Background for any claim that mathematical structures are real and possibly identical with the universe; it clarifies the ontology behind mathematical-universe claims.
Companion to the Tegmark primary paper; a more accessible starting point for non-specialists before reading the formal argument.