Article ID: CBB001421041

Cognitive Science and Thought Experiments: A Refutation of Paul Thagard's Skepticism (2014)

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Stuart, Michael T. (Author)


Perspectives on Science
Volume: 22, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 264-287


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Article in a special issue, “Thought Experiments”
Language: English

Paul Thagard has recently argued that thought experiments are dangerous and misleading when we try to use them as evidence for claims. This paper refutes his skepticism. Building on Thagard's own work in cognitive science, I suggest that Thagard has much that is positive to say about how thought experiments work. My last section presents some new directions for research on the intersection between thought experiments and cognitive science.

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Authors & Contributors
Stuart, Michael T.
Achinstein, Peter
Tenen, Dennis Yi
Vanderburgh, William L.
Thagard, Paul R.
Roux, Sophie
Concepts
Thought experiments
History of philosophy of science
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
Evidence
Epistemology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
Ancient
Places
Germany
Greece
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