The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences (Philosophical Issues in Science)

by JamesRobertBrown (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $161.97

  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? This title defends apriorism in the physical world.

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $40.92

  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? This title intends to defend apriorism in the physical world.