Chapter ID: CBB240679175

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

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McAllister, James W. (Author)


Pages: 11-29
Publication date: 2012
Language: English


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Authors & Contributors
Brown, James Robert
Arthur, Richard T. W.
Buzzoni, Marco
Camilleri, Kristian
Davies, David I.
Frappier, Melanie
Journals
HOPOS
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Publishers
Edizioni Pendragon
Routledge
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Thought experiments
Epistemology
Experiments and experimentation
Research methods
Imagination
People
Aristotle
Einstein, Albert
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Galilei, Galileo
Kant, Immanuel
Mach, Ernst
Time Periods
17th century
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Renaissance
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