Thought experiments
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Bibliographic Information
Thought experiments
（Oxford paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 1998, c1992
- : pbk
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science研究室
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Note
Includes bibliographical references(p. 307-309) and index
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1998"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book, Roy Sorensen presents the first general theory of the thought experiment. He analyses a wide variety of thought experiments, ranging from aesthetics to zoology, and explores what thought experiments are, how they work, and what their positive and negative aspects are. Sorensen also sets his theory within an evolutionary framework and integrates recent advances in experimental psychology and the history of science.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Our Most Curious Device
- 2. Scepticism About Thought Experiments
- 3. Mach and Inner Cognitive Africa
- 4. The Wonder of Armchair Inquiry
- 5. Kuhntradictions
- 6. The Logical Structure of Thought Experiment
- 7. Conflict Vagueness and Precisification
- 8. The Evolution of Thought Experiment
- 9. Are Thought Experiments?
- 10. Fallacies and Antifallacies
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Name Index
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