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040			_cIIT Kanpur
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245			_aThe Routledge companion to thought experiments _cedited by Michael T. Stuart, Yiftach Fehige and James Robert Brown
260			_bRoutledge _c2018 _aLondon
300			_axiii, 567p
440			_aRoutledge philosophy companions
520			_aThought experiments are a means of imaginative reasoning that lie at the heart of philosophy, from the pre-Socratics to the modern era, and they also play central roles in a range of fields, from physics to politics. The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments is an invaluable guide and reference source to this multifaceted subject. Comprising over 30 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Companion covers the following important areas: · the history of thought experiments, from antiquity to the trolley problem and quantum non-locality; · thought experiments in the humanities, arts, and sciences, including ethics, physics, theology, biology, mathematics, economics, and politics; · theories about the nature of thought experiments; · new discussions concerning the impact of experimental philosophy, cross-cultural comparison studies, metaphilosophy, computer simulations, idealization, dialectics, cognitive science, the artistic nature of thought experiments, and metaphysical issues. This broad ranging Companion goes backwards through history and sideways across disciplines. It also engages with philosophical perspectives from empiricism, rationalism, naturalism, skepticism, pluralism, contextualism, and neo-Kantianism to phenomenology. This volume will be valuable for anyone studying the methods of philosophy or any discipline that employs thought experiments, as well as anyone interested in the power and limits of the mind.
650			_aPhilosophy -- History
650			_aPhilosophy and science
650			_aThought experiments
700			_aStuart, Michael T. [ed.]
700			_aFehige, Yiftach [ed.]
700			_aBrown, James Robert [ed.]
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