Intuitions in Science: Thought Experiments as Argument Pumps
In Anthony R. Booth & Darrell P. Rowbottom (eds.), Intuitions (forthcoming)
| Abstract | In this piece, I advocate and motivate a new understanding of thought experiments, which avoids problems with the rival accounts of Brown and Norton. | |||||||||
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