Thought Experiment as Bridge Between Science and Common Sense

Croatian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 24, pp. 155–161

Abstract

This reflection on the recent work of Nenad Miščević on thought experiment pursues two themes. One is the congruence between the historical development of the practice of thought experiment in science over the centuries and the development of philosophical accounts of thought experiment. The second is the idea that thought experiment provides a point of contact between common-sense and scientific conceptions of particular phenomena.

Authors 1

1. James W. McAllister corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Leiden

   University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands