The Laboratory of the Mind, 2nd Edition
Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
27 July 2010
Summary
Newton’s bucket, Einstein’s elevator, Schrodinger’s cat – these are some of the best-known examples of thought experiments in the natural sciences. But what function do these experiments perform? Are they really experiments at all? Can they help us gain a greater understanding of the natural world? How is it possible that we can learn new things just by thinking? In this revised and updated new edition of his classic text The Laboratory of the Mind, James Robert Brown continues to defend apr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415996532 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0415996538 |
| Author: | James Robert Brown |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 27 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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Critics Review
“If thought experiments have extraordinary powers, then they need an extraordinary epistemology. This book is the only serious attempt to provide it.”–John Norton, University of Pittsburgh Praise for the first edition: “Cogent, lively, enthusiastic … A wonderfully stimultating book, highly rcommended” –CHOICE “I recommend this book to anybody interested in the philosophy of science…a fascinating compendium of these testaments to scientific genius.”–David Papineau, Times Higher Education Supplement
About The Author
James Robert Brown
James Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
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