Thought Experiment : On the Powers and Limits of Imaginary Cases

Name: Thought Experiment
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
SKU: 9780815336563
Price: 33850 KES
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ISBN: 9780815336563

by Tamar Szabo Gendler

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Format Hardback

Book Series Studies in Philosophy

ISBN-10 081533656X

ISBN-13 9780815336563

Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 2nd, 2000

Print length 276 Pages

Weight 499 grams

Product Classification: Philosophy Philosophy

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This book offers a novel analysis of the widely-used but ill-understood technique of thought experiment. Though primarily written for a philosophical audience, this volume is also likely to interest psychologists and science historians.

This book offers a novel analysis of the widely-used but ill-understood technique of thought experiment. The author argues that the powers and limits of this methodology can be traced to the fact that when the contemplation of an imaginary scenario brings us to new knowledge, it does so by forcing us to make sense of exceptional cases.

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