Thought experiments / / Nenad Miscevic

• Autore: Miščević Nenad
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 pages)
• Disciplina: 100
• Soggetto topico: Thought experiments
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thought Experiments
• ISBN: 3-030-81082-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910522981703321
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