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Thought experiments in methodological and historical contexts / edited by Katerina Ierodiakonou, Sophie Roux.
| Other author | Ierodiakonou, Katerina. |
| Other author | Roux, Sophie. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | vi, 233 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 19 Medieval and early modern science ; v. 15 History of science and medicine library ; v. 19. ^A788057 Medieval and early modern science ; v. 15. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Introduction : the emergence of the notion of thought experiments / Sophie Roux -- Remarks on the history of an ancient thought experiment / Katerina Ierodiakonou -- Thought experiments in the De anima commentaries / Peter Lautner -- Thought experiments in late medieval debates on atomism / Christophe Grellard -- Thought experiments and indirect proofs in Averroes, Aquinas, and Buridan / Simo Knuuttila and Taneli Kukkonen -- Galileo's use of medieval thought experiments / Carla Rita Palmerino -- On Kant's critique of thought experiments in early modern philosophy / Stelios Virvidakis -- Philosophical thought experiments : in or out of the armchair? / Pascal Engel -- On the very idea of a thought experiment / Jean-Yves Goffi and Sophie Roux -- Thought experiments and mental simulations / John Zeimbekis. |
| General note | "This book is the distant outcome of a workshop on thought experiments that took place in Athens in April 2007"--Acknowledgements. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011011640 |
| ISBN | 9789004201767 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004201769 (hardcover : alk. paper) |