Ignorance-preserving mental models thought experiments as abductive metaphors

DOI10.1007/S10699-018-9564-0MaRDI QIDQ2289693zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Selene Arfini, Claudia Casadio, Lorenzo Magnani

Publication date 24 January 2020

Published in Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-018-9564-0

zbMATH Keywords

abductionconceptual metaphorsignorancemodel-based reasoningthought experiments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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