Thought Experiments
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| Summary: | X, 130 p. 9 illus., 1 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81082-5 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What are thought experiments?
- The main characteristics: stages of experiments, their role in science in philosophy, their closest relatives
- Uderstanding the thought experiments: empiricist, Platonist and inferentialist proposals, the mental modelling as alternative
- The challenge of experimental philosophy
- Understanding the history of influential though-experiments
- Conclusion.