Thought Experiments: Determining Their Meaning

Science & Education 18 (1):1-23 (2009)
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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive.John Stuart Mill - 1843 - New York and London,: University of Toronto Press. Edited by J. Robson.
Science without laws.Ronald N. Giere - 1999 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Thought Experiments.Roy A. Sorensen - 1992 - Oxford and New York: Oup Usa.

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