In Why? The Purpose of the Universe, philosopher Philip Goff argues that the universe’s fine-tuning and the mystery of consciousness point to a purposeful cosmos. However, he rejects the idea of an all-powerful, all-good God.
ISCAST Fellow Samuel McKee reviews Goff’s book and says:
This is an interesting contribution to the analysis of the implications of cosmic fine-tuning, the hard problem of consciousness and our search for meaning in a mathematical universe. Goff well-defends his case that “The universe looks very different when we stop pretending we’re mechanisms” and I applaud his attempt at justifying panpsychism within a scientific framework.
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