Naslov
What is the Function of Thought Experiments: Kuhn vs. Brown

Autori
Butković, Ana

Izvornik
Croatian journal of philosophy (1333-1108) VII (2007), 19; 63-67

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
James Brown ; Kuhn ; thought experiments ; concepts ; world

Sažetak
In The Laboratory of the Mind, James Brown considers some of the Kuhn’s thesis in “A Function for Thought Experiment”. I will question one of Brown’s conclusions, namely his interpretation according to which Kuhn maintains that from thought experiments we learn about our con- ceptual scheme and only derivatively about the world. I am inclined to think that this particular interpretation does not accurately represent Kuhn’s wording. Accordingly, I will outline some of the issues concerning the relation between ‘learning about the concepts’ and ‘learning about the world’, which is, as Brown states, the field of disagreement between him and Kuhn. And finally, I will consider whether Kuhn’s ‘incommen- surability thesis’ is in contradiction with ‘thought experiment thesis’, as Brown seems to imply.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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