Wieczność a Wszechświat
Paweł TAMBOR
Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach , PolskaAbstrakt
In the article the problem of a possible eternal Universe is presented. The conceptual framework for the discussion consists of three areas: the history of
astronomy and cosmology, modern cosmology and the philosophy of science
(cosmology). The historical part is to show that the problem of the Universe either having a beginning or existing forever was always one of the most basic questions in cosmology. Nowadays, there are different candidate theoretical proposals for both scenarios. In the paper, the basic conceptual framework of General Relativity was presented so as to express the total age of the Universe in terms of Hubble’s function and the deceleration parameter. The main goal of the article is to argue that the problem of the age of the Universe (its finite or infinite evolution) has not been sufficiently established within science until the times of Einstein, Friedman and Hubble. It is also very interesting to elaborate on how cosmology and philosophy coexist with each other. The notions of time, cosmic evolution, and a possible absolute beginning of the Universe were discussed with respect to the problem of the conceptual demarcation of science from philosophy.
Słowa kluczowe:
cosmology, age of the Universe, philosophy of cosmology, timeUniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach
