Knowing what would happen: The epistemic strategies in Galileo's thought experiments

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 54:102-112 (2015)
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Are Thought Experiments Just What You Thought?John D. Norton - 1996 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 26 (3):333 - 366.
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