Kuhntradictions

In Thought experiments. New York: Oxford University Press (1992)
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This chapter focuses on Thomas Kuhn's account of thought experiments. It begins with what Kuhn takes to be the smart talk about thought experiments. It then details Kuhn's amendments to this view and raises objections, most of which are directed against the notion of local incoherence. Finally, Kuhn's error is reconstructed in order to salvage the considerable insight that it contains.

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10.1093/019512913X.003.0006

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Roy Sorensen
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