Considerations on Scientific Thought Experiments

Considerations on Scientific Thought Experiments

I provide some considerations on scientific thought experiments, focusing on their epistemic value. First, I outline the distinctive features of scientific thought experiments, provide some historical background and, as an illustration, describe two thought experiments: Galileo’s on falling bodies a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maja Malec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Interdisciplinary Society 2018-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems
Subjects:
philosophy of science
philosophy of physics
thought experiments
naturalism
mental model
Online Access:http://indecs.eu/2018/indecs2018-pp558-566.pdf

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