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Norton and the Logic of Thought Experiments

    Philosophy

  • 2016

John D. Norton defends an empiricist epistemology of thought experiments, the central thesis of which is that thought experiments are nothing more than arguments. Philosophers have attempted to…

Norton and the Logic of Thought Experiments

John D. Norton defends an empiricist epistemology of thought experiments, the central thesis of which is that thought experiments are nothing more than arguments. Philosophers have attempted to…

Rethinking Thought Experiments

An examination of two thought experiments in contemporary physics reveals that the same thought experiment can be reanalyzed from the perspective of different and incompatible theories. This fact…

Experiments in Thought

What are thought experiments, and how do they generate knowledge? More specifically, what sorts of intentional acts must one perform in order to carry out a thought experiment, what sorts of objects…

A Model for Thought Experiments

Philosophical interest in thought experiments has grown over the last couple of decades. Several positions have emerged, defi ned largely by their differing responses to a perceived epistemological…

Thought Experiments in Einstein's Work

Preface: This volume originated in a conference on "The Place of Thought Experiments in Science and Philosophy" which was organized by us and held at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the…

On Thought Experiments

Man collects experiences by observing changes in his surroundings. However, the most interesting and instructive changes for him are those that he can influence through his own intervention and…