Philosophical thought experiments as heuristics for theory discovery

Sara Kier Praëm, Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen. Philosophical thought experiments as heuristics for theory discovery. Synthese, 192(9):2827-2842, 2015. [doi]

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  title = {Philosophical thought experiments as heuristics for theory discovery},
  author = {Sara Kier Praëm and Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1007/s11229-015-0684-6},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0684-6},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/PraemS15},
  cites = {0},
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  journal = {Synthese},
  volume = {192},
  number = {9},
  pages = {2827-2842},
}