Abbreviation of anthropology.

Abbreviation of anthropological.

(philosophy) Reasoning using the anthropic principle or related considerations about the presence of an observer constraining the nature of the reality that can be observed.

Any of several similar explanations for the nature of the universe, and for the values of its fundamental constants, that states either that the universe is as it is because otherwise we wouldn't be here to observe it, or that the very presence of intelligent life constrains the universe to be as it is.

plural of anthropic coincidence

A coincidence in the known physical constants, without which life as we know it would not be possible.

plural of anthropic principle

From a time before the influence of man on the environment