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Thought 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, natural

Who reads The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments (Routledge Philosophy Companions)?

Author

Brown, James Robert;Fehige, Yiftach;Stuart, Michael T

Publisher

Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315175027

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities