Counter Thought Experiments.
Let's begin with an old example. In De Rerum Naturua, Lucretius presented a thought experiment to show that space is infinite. We imagine ourselves near the alleged edge of space; we throw a spear; we see it either sail through the ‘edge’ or we see it bounce back. In the former case the ‘edge’ isn't...
| Publicado en: | Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement Vol. 82; no. 61; pp. 155 - 178 |
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Cambridge University Press
2007
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