The laboratory of the mind : thought experiments in the natural sciences /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, James Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993, ©1991.
Edición:Pbk. ed.
Colección:Philosophical issues in science.
Temas:
Physics > Philosophy.
Quantum theory.
Science > Methodology.
Rationalism.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Physique > Philosophie.
Théorie quantique.
Sciences > Méthodologie.
Rationalisme.
Théorie de la connaissance.
rationalism (philosophy)
epistemology.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Knowledge, Theory of
Physics > Philosophy
Quantum theory
Rationalism
Science > Methodology
Science > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations from the laboratory of the mind
  • Structure of thought experiments
  • Mathematical thinking
  • Seeing the laws of nature
  • Einstein's brand of verificationism
  • Quantum mechanics : a platonic interpretation.

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