LEADER 02657nam 2200409 450 001 9910522981703321 005 20230629222545.0 010 $a3-030-81082-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000012037913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6737928 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6737928 035 $a(OCoLC)1272995123 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012037913 100 $a20220627d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThought experiments /$fNenad Miscevic 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2022 215 $a1 online resource (137 pages) 311 $a3-030-81081-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 What Are Thought Experiments? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Two Famous Thought Experiments -- 1.2 More Examples-From Science to Philosophy -- 1.3 What is a TE? -- 1.4 TEs and their Relatives -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Life and Importance of TEs -- 2.1 The Stages of TE -- 2.2 Intuition -- 2.3 The Role of TEs -- References -- 3 Understanding Thought Experiments -- 3.1 Empiricist-Inferentialist Proposals -- 3.2 A Platonist Alternative -- 3.2.1 The Strong Platonist Option -- 3.2.2 The Conceptualist Moderate Platonist Approach -- 3.3 A Kantian Proposal -- 3.4 Imaginative-Counterfactual Approach -- 3.5 Mental Modelling Approaches -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 A Theory of TEs -- 4.1 Mental Modelling -- 4.2 Intuitions: Moderate Voice of Competence (MoVoC) Theory -- 4.3 Appendix: The Puzzles of Geometrical and Numerical Intuitions -- References -- 5 Do TEs Have a Life of Their Own? -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Reminder: The Twin Earth Te and Its Stages -- 5.3 Empty Thoughts: Peter Unger's Critism of Analytic Methodology -- 5.4 Stages and Traditions-From the Synchronic to the Diachronic -- 5.5 Trails-Traditions -- References -- 6 The Challenge of Experimental Philosophy -- 6.1 X-phi-the Negative Program -- 6.1.1 Introduction -- 6.1.2 The Challenge -- 6.2 Defending TEs -- 6.2.1 The Expertise Defense of TEs -- 6.2.2 Stages Defense-A Proposal -- 6.3 Conclusion -- 6.4 Are Scientific TEs Better than the Philosophical Ones? -- References -- 7 Conclusion -- References. 606 $aThought experiments 615 0$aThought experiments. 676 $a100 700 $aMis?c?evic?$b Nenad$0691993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910522981703321 996 $aThought Experiments$92590598 997 $aUNINA