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The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences (Philosophical Issues in Science) Book
Although most scientists and philosophers recognize the importance of thought experiments, The Laboratory of the Mind is the only full-length study of their nature and function. Beginning with Galileo's argument on falling bodies, James Robert Brown describes numerous examples of the most influential thought experiments from the history of science. He provides a thorough introduction to the subject, and makes the provocative claim that some thought experiments should be understood in the same way that platonists understand mathematical activity: as an intellectual grasp of an independently existing abstract realm. The book concludes with chapters on the nature of Einstein's work and on the interpretation of quantum mechanics which stand as a test of the author's central 8claims.Read More
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- 0415095794
- 9780415095792
- James Robert Brown
- 29 April 1993
- Routledge
- Paperback (Book)
- 192
- 1
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