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

Newton's bucket, Einstein's elevator, Schrödinger's cat - these are some of the best-known examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences. But what function do these experiments perform? Are they really experiments at all? Can they help us gain a greater understanding of the...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Brown, James Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2011.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Series:	Philosophical issues in science.
Subjects:	Physics > Philosophy. Thought experiments. Quantum theory. Science > Methodology. Rationalism. Knowledge, Theory of.