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Thought Experiment : On The Powers And Limits Of Imaginary Cases / by Tamar Gendler. [Electronic Resource]

By: Material type: Computer fileComputer filePublication details: New York : Routledge, 2000Description: 280pISBN:
  • 9781315054117
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 128.3 G285T
Online resources: Summary: 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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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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