title: A philosophy for big-bang cosmology.
abstract: According to recent developments in cosmology we seem bound to find a model universe like the observed universe, almost independently of how we suppose it started. Such ideas, if valid, provide fresh justification for the procedures of current cosmological theory.
authors.affiliation: Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: McCrea