What is a thought experiment?

Metaphilosophy 22 (1-2):84-92 (1991)
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10.1111/j.1467-9973.1991.tb00814.x

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Language, truth and reason.Ian Hacking - 1982 - In Martin Hollis & Steven Lukes (eds.), Rationality and Relativism. MIT Press. pp. 48--66.
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