Article ID: CBB001421038

On the Origins of the Philosophy of Thought Experiments: The Forerun (2014)

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Fehige, Yiftach J. H. (Author)
Stuart, Michael T. (Author)


Perspectives on Science
Volume: 22, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 179-220


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

The history of thought experiments is now gaining a great deal of attention, and this is due to the renewed interest of philosophers on the subject. This paper inquires into the history of the philosophy of thought experiments. We name the period to be examined in this paper the forerun. Its main stake-holders are Georg C. Lichtenberg, Novalis, and Immanuel Kant. We will present and discuss the work of each of them in order to characterize the period, and then reveal parallels and lessons that apply to more recently proposed accounts of thought experiments.

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Article Elgin, Catherine Z. (2014) Fiction as Thought Experiment. Perspectives on Science (pp. 221-241). unapi

Article Hopp, Walter (2014) Experiments in Thought. Perspectives on Science (pp. 242-263). unapi

Article Stuart, Michael T. (2014) Cognitive Science and Thought Experiments: A Refutation of Paul Thagard's Skepticism. Perspectives on Science (pp. 264-287). unapi

Article Thagard, Paul (2014) Thought Experiments Considered Harmful. Perspectives on Science (pp. 288-305). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Clark, William
Leland, Patrick R.
Pfannkuchen, Antje
Zoeller, Guenter
Wunderlich, Falk
Virvidakis, Stelios
Concepts
History of philosophy of science
Romanticism
Physics
Mathematics
Biology
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Early modern
20th century
Places
Germany
Institutions
Universität Göttingen
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