Laboratory Of The Mind.

Laboratory Of The Mind.

Thought experiments are performed in the "laboratory" of the mind. Beyond this metaphor, it is difficult to define just what these remarkable devices for investigating nature are, or how they work. Although most scientists and philosophers recognize the importance of thought experiments, T...

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Main Author: Brown, James Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Routledge, 1993.
Series:Philosophical issues in science.
Subjects:
Physics > Philosophy.
Quantum theory.
Science > Methodology.
Rationalism.
Knowledge, Theory of.
rationalism (philosophy)
epistemology.
Knowledge, Theory of
Physics > Philosophy
Quantum theory
Rationalism
Science > Methodology
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Table of Contents:
  • BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE LABORATORY OF THE MIND; 2 THE STRUCTURE OF THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS; 3 MATHEMATICAL THINKING; 4 SEEING THE LAWS OF NATURE; 5 EINSTEIN'S BRAND OF VERIFICATIONISM; 6 QUANTUM MECHANICS: A PLATONIC INTERPRETATION; AFTERWORD; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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