Contemporary Cosmology from Lakatos' viewpoint
Keywords:
Cosmology, Scientific programme, Anomalies, Imre Lakatos, General relativity;, Particle physicsAbstract
An analysis of contemporary Cosmology is presented, with the aim of identifying the elements present in it according to the scientific program structure created by I. Lakatos. We look at some modern controversies from this point of view and clarify the meaning of issues related to them within this context.
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