03396oam 2200781I 450 991078969480332120230124190155.01-136-94377-31-136-94378-11-283-24220-697866132422040-203-84779-210.4324/9780203847794 (CKB)2670000000099506(EBL)684055(OCoLC)764572047(SSID)ssj0000573637(PQKBManifestationID)12264264(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000573637(PQKBWorkID)10542677(PQKB)11236179(MiAaPQ)EBC684055(Au-PeEL)EBL684055(CaPaEBR)ebr10514343(CaONFJC)MIL324220(OCoLC)741613231(EXLCZ)99267000000009950620180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe laboratory of the mind thought experiments in the natural sciences /James Robert Brown2nd ed.New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (241 p.)Philosophical issues in science. The laboratory of the mind Description based upon print version of record.0-415-99653-8 0-415-99652-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Laboratory of the Mind Thought Experiments in theNatural Sciences; copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements(First Edition); Preface (to the Second Edition); 1. Illustrations from the laboratory of the mind; 2. The structure of thought experiments; 3. Counter thought experiments; 4. Mathematical thinking; 5. Seeing the laws of nature; 6. The development of inertial motion; 7. Einstein's brand of verificationism; 8. Quantum mechanics: a Platonic interpretation; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; IndexNewton's bucket, Einstein's elevator, Schrödinger's cat - these are some of the best-known examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences. But what function do these experiments perform? Are they really experiments at all? Can they help us gain a greater understanding of the natural world? How is it possible that we can learn new things just by thinking? In this revised and updated new edition of his classic text The Laboratory of the Mind, James Robert Brown continues to defend apriorism in the physical world. This edition features two new chapters, one on "counPhilosophical issues in science.PhysicsPhilosophyThought experimentsQuantum theoryScienceMethodologyRationalismKnowledge, Theory ofPhilosophical issues in sciencePhysicsPhilosophy.Thought experiments.Quantum theory.ScienceMethodology.Rationalism.Knowledge, Theory of.Philosophical issues in science.530.01Brown James Robert.53062MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789694803321The laboratory of the mind3711594UNINA