LEADER 03852nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910822102203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-28599-7 010 $a1-283-60930-4 010 $a9786613921758 010 $a1-136-28600-4 010 $a0-203-11327-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203113271 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242351 035 $a(EBL)1024628 035 $a(OCoLC)811506226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711899 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711899 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10694036 035 $a(PQKB)10116345 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603740 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL392175 035 $a(OCoLC)841050408 035 $a(OCoLC)811060138 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134621 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242351 100 $a20120110d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThought experiments in philosophy, science, and the arts /$fedited by Melanie Frappier, Letitia Meynell, and James Robert Brown 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge studies in the philosophy of science ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-92183-1 311 $a0-415-88544-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 Thought Experiment and the Exercise of Imagination in Science; 2 Veridical Idealizations; 3 What Do We See in a Thought Experiment?; 4 The Body, Thought Experiments, and Phenomenology; 5 Thought Experiments from a Kantian Point of View; 6 Can Thought Experiments Be Resolved by Experiment? The Case of Aristotle's Wheel; 7 Chasing the Light: Einstein's Most Famous Thought Experiment; 8 At the Limits of Possibility: Thought Experiments in Quantum Gravity 327 $a9 Craig Venter's New Life: The Realization of Some Thought Experiments in Biological Ontology10 Genealogical Thought Experiments in Economics; 11 Political Thought Experiments from Plato to Rawls; 12 Thought Experiment, Definition, and Literary Fiction; 13 Can Philosophical Thought Experiments Be 'Screened'?; 14 Computational Modeling: Is This the End of Thought Experiments in Science?; Index 330 $aFrom Lucretius throwing a spear beyond the boundary of the universe to Einstein racing against a beam of light, thought experiments stand as a fascinating challenge to the necessity of data in the empirical sciences. Are these experiments, conducted uniquely in our imagination, simply rhetorical devices or communication tools or are they an essential part of scientific practice? This volume surveys the current state of the debate and explores new avenues of research into the epistemology of thought experiments. 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science 606 $aThought experiments 606 $aPhilosophy$xResearch 606 $aResearch 606 $aArts$xResearch 615 0$aThought experiments. 615 0$aPhilosophy$xResearch. 615 0$aResearch. 615 0$aArts$xResearch. 676 $a128.3 676 $a128/.3 676 $a501 701 $aFrappier$b Melanie$01638188 701 $aMeynell$b Letitia$01638189 701 $aBrown$b James Robert$053062 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822102203321 996 $aThought experiments in philosophy, science, and the arts$93980458 997 $aUNINA