Comment: Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology Is Alive and Well—A Reply to Disney

Abstract

A recent criticism of cosmological methodology and achievements by Disney (2000) is assessed. Some historical and epistemological fallacies in the said article have been highlighted. It is shown that-both empirically and epistemologically-modern cosmology lies on sounder foundations than it is portrayed. A brief historical account demonstrates that this form of unsatisfaction with cosmology has had a long tradition, and rather meagre results in the course of the XX century.