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Thought Experiment and the Exercise of Imagination in Science (2012)

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Authors & Contributors
Brown, James Robert
W. Ford Doolittle
Greene, Catherine
Brecevic, Char
Vrishali Subramanian
Nenad Miščević
Concepts
Thought experiments
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Experiments and experimentation
Research methods
Imagination
Time Periods
Early modern
Renaissance
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
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