| Copernican principle: The Copernican principle in cosmology states that humans, on the Earth or in the Solar System, are not privileged observers of the universe; that observations from the Earth are representative of observations from the average position in the universe. This principle is important for cosmology because it allows us to make inferences about the universe as a whole based on our observations from Earth._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
