``Platonic thought experiments: how on earth?

DOI10.1007/S11229-011-0008-4zbMATH Open1275.03075OpenAlexW2165834077MaRDI QIDQ383053FDOQ383053

Authors: Rafal Urbaniak 

Publication date: 25 November 2013

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-0008-4

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zbMATH Keywords

adaptive logicsAristotlethought experimentsentrenchmentGalileonon-defeated consequencePlatonic thought experimentsPlatonismprioritized consequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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