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| Thought experiments: A thought experiment is a mental exercise in which an idea or concept is examined without physical experimentation. It involves imagining hypothetical scenarios in order to understand or illustrate complex principles, theories or philosophical concepts. Thought experiments are used in physics, philosophy and cognitive science, for example, to test hypotheses, question assumptions or investigate the effects of certain ideas. See also method, theories, experiments._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Bigelow on Thought Experiments - Dictionary of Arguments
I 113 Natural Laws/Counterfactual Conditional/Bigelow/Pargetter: are often formulated in terms of "ideal systems". To do this, they need the counterfactual conditionals. >Natural laws, >Contrafactual conditional. I 114 Similarly, thought experiments need counterfactual conditionals. >Counterfactuals, >Conditional._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Big I J. Bigelow, R. Pargetter Science and Necessity Cambridge 1990 |
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