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Author(s): Martin Cohen
ISBN(s): 9781405121927, 1405121920
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.33 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1405121920 
ISBN 13: 9781405121927
Author: Martin Cohen

Wittgenstein’s Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments invites readers to participate actively in discovering the surprisingly powerful and fruitful tradition of “thought experiments.”

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  • Gives a lively presentation of an “A to Z” of 26 fascinating and influential thought experiments from philosophy and science
  • Presents vivid and often humorous discussion of the experiments, including strengths and weaknesses, historical context, and contemporary uses
  • Provides a “how to” section for engaging in thought experiments
  • Includes illustrations, mini-biographies, and suggestions for further reading.

Wittgenstein Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments 1st Table of contents:

  • A is for Alice and Astronomers Arguing about Acceleration
  • B is for Bernard’s Body-Exchange Machine
  • C is for the Catholic Cannibal
  • D is for Maxwell’s Demon
  • E is for Evolution (and an Embarrassing Problem with it)
  • F is for the Forms Lost Forever to the Prisoners of the Cave
  • G is for Galileo’s Gravitational Balls
  • H is for Hume’s Shades
  • I is for the Identity of Indiscernibles
  • J is for Henri Poincaré and Alternative Geometries
  • K is for the Kritik and Kant’s Kind of Thought Experiments
  • L is for Lucretius’ Spear
  • M is for Mach’s Motionless Chain
  • N is for Newton’s Bucket
  • O is for Olbers’ Paradox
  • P is for Parfit’s Person
  • Q is for the Questions Raised by Thought Experiments Quotidiennes
  • R is for the Rule-Ruled Room
  • S is for Salvatius’ Ship, Sailing along its own Space-Time Line
  • T is for the Time-Travelling Twins
  • U is for the Universe, and Einstein’s Attempts to Understand it
  • V is for the Vexed Case of the Violinist
  • W is for Wittgenstein’s Beetle
  • X is for Xenophanes and Thinking by Examples
  • Y is for Counterfactuals and a Backwards Approach 

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