Thought experiments since the scientific revolution

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 1 (1):1 – 15 (1986)
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The aim and structure of physical theory.Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem - 1954 - Princeton,: Princeton University Press.
Laws of nature.Fred I. Dretske - 1977 - Philosophy of Science 44 (2):248-268.

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