The laboratory of the mind [electronic resource] : thought experiments in the natural sciences / James Robert Brown.

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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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Brown, James Robert
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1993, ©1991.
Edition:	Pbk. ed.
Series:	Philosophical issues in science.
Subjects:	Physics > Philosophy. Quantum theory. Science > Methodology. Rationalism. Knowledge, Theory of.