THOUGHT EXPERIMENT by Tamar Szabo Gendler ( 9780815336563 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THOUGHT EXPERIMENT
ON THE POWERS AND LIMITS OF IMAGINARY CASES

By:

Tamar Szabo Gendler

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

081533656X

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9780815336563

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

23 November, 2000

Pages:

280

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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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1, black & white illustrations

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Garland Publishing Inc

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