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Laboratory Of The Mind.
Thought experiments are performed in the "laboratory" of the mind. Beyond this metaphor, it is difficult to define just what these remarkable devices for investigating nature are, or how they work. Although most scientists and philosophers recognize the importance of thought experiments, T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Routledge,
1993.
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| Colección: | Philosophical issues in science.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 520 | |a Thought experiments are performed in the "laboratory" of the mind. Beyond this metaphor, it is difficult to define just what these remarkable devices for investigating nature are, or how they work. Although most scientists and philosophers recognize the importance of thought experiments, The Laboratory of the Mind is the only full-length study of their nature and function. Beginning with Galileo's argument on falling bodies, James Robert Brown describes numerous examples of the most influential thought experiments from the history of science. He provides a thorough introduction to the subject. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE LABORATORY OF THE MIND; 2 THE STRUCTURE OF THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS; 3 MATHEMATICAL THINKING; 4 SEEING THE LAWS OF NATURE; 5 EINSTEIN'S BRAND OF VERIFICATIONISM; 6 QUANTUM MECHANICS: A PLATONIC INTERPRETATION; AFTERWORD; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. | |
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