Ignorance-preserving mental models thought experiments as abductive metaphors

DOI10.1007/S10699-018-9564-0zbMATH Open1428.03039OpenAlexW2886323931WikidataQ129433894 ScholiaQ129433894MaRDI QIDQ2289693FDOQ2289693

Lorenzo Magnani, Selene Arfini, Claudia Casadio

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

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zbMATH Keywords

abductionthought experimentsignorancemodel-based reasoningconceptual metaphors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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