Medieval Thought Experiments
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Medieval Thought Experiments
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Author : Philip Knox
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2018
Medieval Thought Experiments written by Philip Knox and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Literature, Medieval categories.
Throughout the Middle Ages, fictional frameworks could be used as imaginative spaces in which to test or play with ideas without asserting their truth. The aim of this volume is to consider how intellectual problems were approached--if not necessarily resolved--through the kinds of hypothetical enquiry found in poetry and in other texts that employ fictional or imaginative strategies. Scholars working across the spectrum of medieval languages and academic disciplines consider why a writer might choose a fictional or hypothetical frame to discuss theoretical questions, how a work's truth content is affected and shaped by its fictive nature, or what kinds of affective or intellectual work its reading demands. By reading literary, philosophical, and spiritual texts from England, France, and Italy alongside each other, this collection offers a new interdisciplinary approach to the history of medieval thought.
Thought Experiments In Methodological And Historical Contexts
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-06-09
Thought Experiments In Methodological And Historical Contexts written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-09 with History categories.
By analysing thought experiments from various periods in the history of philosophy and science, the essays in this volume seek to clarify how thought experiments work, what their limits are, and what their conceptualisation could be.
The Routledge Companion To Thought Experiments
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Author : Michael T Stuart
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-20
The Routledge Companion To Thought Experiments written by Michael T Stuart and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-20 with Philosophy categories.
Thought experiments are a means of imaginative reasoning that lie at the heart of philosophy, from the pre-Socratics to the modern era, and they also play central roles in a range of fields, from physics to politics. The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments is an invaluable guide and reference source to this multifaceted subject. Comprising over 30 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Companion covers the following important areas: · the history of thought experiments, from antiquity to the trolley problem and quantum non-locality; · thought experiments in the humanities, arts, and sciences, including ethics, physics, theology, biology, mathematics, economics, and politics; · theories about the nature of thought experiments; · new discussions concerning the impact of experimental philosophy, cross-cultural comparison studies, metaphilosophy, computer simulations, idealization, dialectics, cognitive science, the artistic nature of thought experiments, and metaphysical issues. This broad ranging Companion goes backwards through history and sideways across disciplines. It also engages with philosophical perspectives from empiricism, rationalism, naturalism, skepticism, pluralism, contextualism, and neo-Kantianism to phenomenology. This volume will be valuable for anyone studying the methods of philosophy or any discipline that employs thought experiments, as well as anyone interested in the power and limits of the mind.
Science Art And Nature In Medieval And Modern Thought
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Author : A. C. Crombie
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1990-07-01
Science Art And Nature In Medieval And Modern Thought written by A. C. Crombie and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-07-01 with History categories.
The author sees the history of Western Science as the history of a vision and an argument, initiated by the ancient Greeks in their search for principles at once of nature and of argument itself. This scientific vision explored and controlled by argument, and the diversification of both vision and argument by scientific experience and by interaction with the wider contexts of intellectual culture, constitute the long history of European scientific thought. Underlying that development have been specific commitments to conceptions of nature and of science and its intellectual and moral assumptions, accompanied by a recurrent critique; their diversification has generated a series of different styles of scientific thinking and of making theoretical and practical decisions which the work describes.
Thought Experiments
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Author : Roy A. Sorensen Associate Professor of Philosophy New York University
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1992-08-06
Thought Experiments written by Roy A. Sorensen Associate Professor of Philosophy New York University and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-08-06 with Philosophy categories.
Sorensen presents a general theory of thought experiments: what they are, how they work, what are their virtues and vices. On Sorensen's view, philosophy differs from science in degree, but not in kind. For this reason, he claims, it is possible to understand philosophical thought experiments by concentrating on their resemblance to scientific relatives. Lessons learned about scientific experimentation carry over to thought experiment, and vice versa. Sorensen also assesses the hazards and pseudo-hazards of thought experiments. Although he grants that there are interesting ways in which the method leads us astray, he attacks most scepticism about thought experiments as arbitrary. They should be used, he says, as they generally are used--as part of a diversified portfolio of techniques. All of these devices are individually susceptible to abuse, fallacy, and error. Collectively, however, they provide a network of cross-checks that make for impressive reliability.
Science And Medieval Thought
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Author : Thomas Allbutt
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2022-01-29
Science And Medieval Thought written by Thomas Allbutt and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-29 with Fiction categories.
Evolutionary Philosophy
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Author : Ed Gibney
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-04-24
Evolutionary Philosophy written by Ed Gibney and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-24 with Self-Help categories.
Evolutionary Philosophy is the foundation text for a new belief system. We are all products of evolution. Understanding all of the implications of this statement leads to a comprehensive worldview that can answer our universally shared questions: Where did I come from? What am I? What is a good life? How do I know? These questions and many more are answered in this book, before the beliefs of 60 of the top philosophers of history are put to the test in an evaluation of the survival of their fittest ideas. This is an audacious work of research and analysis from author Ed Gibney, who finishes by asking readers to help Evolutionary Philosophy to grow and adapt as mankind's knowledge continues to accumulate. This clear and accessible work promises to help you reevaluate mankind's place in the universe and your place in society.
Science And Medieval Thought
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Author : T. Clifford Allbutt
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-09-18
Science And Medieval Thought written by T. Clifford Allbutt and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-18 with Philosophy categories.
"Science and Medieval Thought" by T. Clifford Allbutt. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Thought Experiments In Ethics
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Author : Kovács Gusztáv
language : en
Publisher: Pécsi Püspöki Hittudományi Főiskola/Episcopal Theological College of Pécs
Release Date : 2021-03-25
Thought Experiments In Ethics written by Kovács Gusztáv and has been published by Pécsi Püspöki Hittudományi Főiskola/Episcopal Theological College of Pécs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-25 with Education categories.
Thought Experiments in Ethics, 2021 CONTENTS Preface i Chapter I The Story in Your Head: Tomoceuszkakatiti and Gyugyu 1 Chapter II How Thought Experiments Move Us: The Samaritan and His Neighbours 16 Chapter III What Makes a Thought Experiment? 34 Chapter IV Thought Experiments in Practical Philosophy and Bioethics 75 Chapter V The Experience Machine 93 Chapter VI The Last Man Argument 129 Chapter VII The Trolley Problem 158 Chapter VIII The Violinist Analogy 213 Conclusion 246 Notes 248
Thought Experiments
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Author : Roy A. Sorensen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1992
Thought Experiments written by Roy A. Sorensen and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Electronic books categories.
This text analyses a variety of thought experiments, and explores what they are, how they work, and what their positive and negative aspects are. It also sets the theory within an evolutionary framework of advances in experimental psychology.