Editor(s): Frappier, Melanie; Meynell, Letitia; Brown, James Robert. Num Pages: 282 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418. . 2015. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1138921831
ISBN 13: 9781138921832
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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From Lucretius throwing a spear beyond the boundary of the universe to Einstein racing against a beam of light, thought experiments stand as a fascinating challenge to the necessity of data in the empirical sciences. Are these experiments, conducted uniquely in our imagination, simply rhetorical devices or communication tools or are they an essential part of scientific practice? This volume surveys the current state of the debate and explores new avenues of research into the epistemology of thought experiments.

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M�lanie Frappier is Assistant Professor of Humanities in the Department of History of Science and Technology, University of King’s College, UK.

Letitia Meynell is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Gender and Women’s Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada.

James Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada.

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