A Minimalist Framework for Thought Experiment Analysis
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| Rok publikování | 2016 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Organon F |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
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| www | http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/organon/?q=sk/minimalist-framework-thought-experiment-analysis |
| Obor | Filosofie a náboženství |
| Klíčová slova | experimentalism; Galileo; minimalism; reconstruction; Rescher; Sorensen; thought experiments |
| Popis | Thought experiments are frequently vague and obscure hypothetical scenarios that are difficult to assess. The paper proposes a simple model of thought experiments. In the first part, I introduce two contemporary frameworks for thought experiment analysis: an experimentalist approach that relies on similarities between real and thought experiment, and a reasonist approach focusing on the answers provided by thought experimenting. Further, I articulate a minimalist approach in which thought experiment is considered strictly as doxastic mechanism based on imagination. I introduce the basic analytical tool that allows us to differentiate an experimental core from an attached argumentation. The last section is reserved for discussion. I address several possible questions concerning adequacy of minimalistic definition and analysis. |
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