Thought experiments in methodological and historical contexts

by Ierodiakonou, Katerina Roux, Sophie

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Full title :Thought experiments in methodological and historical contexts / edited by Katerina Ierodiakonou, Sophie Roux

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Publication Date:2011

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Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011

Notes

"This book is the distant outcome of a workshop on thought experiments that took place in Athens in April 2007"--Acknowledgements

Introduction : the emergence of the notion of thought experiments / Sophie Roux. Remarks on the history of an ancient thought experiment / Katerina Ierodiakonou. Thought experiments in the De anima commentaries / Peter Lautner. Thought experiments in late medieval debates on atomism / Christophe Grellard. Thought experiments and indirect proofs in Averroes, Aquinas, and Buridan / Simo Knuuttila and Taneli Kukkonen. Galileo's use of medieval thought experiments / Carla Rita Palmerino. On Kant's critique of thought experiments in early modern philosophy / Stelios Virvidakis. Philosophical thought experiments : in or out of the armchair? / Pascal Engel. On the very idea of a thought experiment / Jean-Yves Goffi and Sophie Roux. Thought experiments and mental simulations / John Zeimbekis

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Description:vi, 233 s

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ISBN:9789004201767, 9004201769
oclc:ocn768813792
LC Classification:BD265
Dewey Decimal:190

Introduction : the emergence of the notion of thought experiments / Sophie Roux -- Remarks on the history of an ancient thought experiment / Katerina Ierodiakonou -- Thought experiments in the De anima commentaries / Peter Lautner -- Thought experiments in late medieval debates on atomism / Christophe Grellard -- Thought experiments and indirect proofs in Averroes, Aquinas, and Buridan / Simo Knuuttila and Taneli Kukkonen -- Galileo's use of medieval thought experiments / Carla Rita Palmerino -- On Kant's critique of thought experiments in early modern philosophy / Stelios Virvidakis -- Philosophical thought experiments : in or out of the armchair? / Pascal Engel -- On the very idea of a thought experiment / Jean-Yves Goffi and Sophie Roux -- Thought experiments and mental simulations / John Zeimbekis.