The anthropic principle in cosmology recognizes this view. Fred Hoyle may have invoked anthropic reasoning to predict an astrophysical phenomenon. There are several popular books about the anthropic principle in cosmology. Paul Davies rebutted this criticism by invoking an inflationary version of the anthropic principle. Hawking calls this the "weak anthropic principle". One answer given by physicists is the anthropic principle. Credence about what precedes awakenings is a core question in connection with the anthropic principle. One answer given by some physicists is the anthropic principle. Proponents of the anthropic principle view this as support for their arguments. Atheists have sometimes responded by referring to the anthropic principle. Scientists disagree about how to assign a probability distribution to this hypothetical anthropic landscape. This proposition is used as an example of the anthropic principle. The term "anthropic" in "anthropic principle" has been argued to be a misnomer. However, the anthropic principle has been criticised by many scientists.