Are Thought Experiments Experiments?

In Thought Experiments. Oxford and New York: Oup Usa (1992)
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This chapter addresses the suspicion that “thought experiment” is systematically misleading. It itemizes how “thought experiment” is actually a systematically leading expression. This catalogue of hot tips raises a variety of issues ranging from how thought experiments differ from simulations to the ethics of fantasy.

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