Sharpening the tools of imagination.

Thought experiments, models, diagrams, computer simulations, and metaphors can all be understood as tools of the imagination. While these devices are usually treated separately in philosophy of science, this paper provides a unified account according to which tools of the imagination are epistemical...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 200; no. 6; pp. 1 - 17
Autor principal: Stuart, Michael T.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2022
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