Thought Experiments
This book offers a readable introduction to the main aspects of thought experimenting in philosophy and science (together with related imaginative activities in mathematics and linguistics). It presents the main options in understanding thought experiments, from empiricism to Platonism, and discusse...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme Springer Accès sur la plateforme ISTEX Accès Université d'Orléans |
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Springer e-books en philosophie (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Thought Experiments, Texte imprimé, 9783030810818 • Thought Experiments, Texte imprimé, 9783030810832 |
Taula de continguts:
- 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.