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Thought experiments since the scientific revolution

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Steven French & Alice Murphy. (2021) The Value of Surprise in Science. Erkenntnis 88:4, pages 1447-1466.
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Herman Aguinis, Jose R. Beltran, Estelle E. Archibold, Esther L. Jean & Darryl B. Rice. (2022) Thought experiments: Review and recommendations. Journal of Organizational Behavior 44:3, pages 544-560.
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Yiftach Fehige & Andrea Vestrucci. (2022) On Thought Experiments, Theology, and Mathematical Platonism. Axiomathes 32:S1, pages 43-54.
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Rafał Gruszczyński. (2020) Parts of Falling Objects: Galileo’s Thought Experiment in Mereological Setting. Erkenntnis 87:4, pages 1583-1604.
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Yiftach Fehige. (2021) The Annus Mirabilis of 1986: Thought Experiments and Scientific Pluralism . HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 11:1, pages 222-240.
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Michael T. Stuart. (2019) Towards a dual process epistemology of imagination. Synthese 198:2, pages 1329-1350.
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Michael T. Stuart. (2020) The material theory of induction and the epistemology of thought experiments. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 83, pages 17-27.
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Allen McLean, Wade McDonald & Donna Goodridge. (2020) Simulation Modeling as a Novel and Promising Strategy for Improving Success Rates With Research Funding Applications: A Constructive Thought Experiment. JMIR Nursing 3:1, pages e18983.
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Marco Buzzoni & Valentina Savojardo. (2019) Thought Experiments between Theology, Empirical Science, and Fictional Narrative. Religions 10:6, pages 393.
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Pedro Pablo Cardoso Castro. (2019) The viable system model as a framework to guide organisational adaptive response in times of instability and change. International Journal of Organizational Analysis 27:2, pages 289-307.
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Marco Buzzoni. (2018) Pierre Duhem and Ernst Mach on Thought Experiments. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 8:1, pages 1-27.
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Jan Potters & Bert Leuridan. (2017) Studying scientific thought experiments in their context: Albert Einstein and electromagnetic induction. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 58, pages 1-11.
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Michael T. Stuart. (2016) Norton and the Logic of Thought Experiments. Axiomathes 26:4, pages 451-466.
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Kristian Camilleri. (2015) Knowing what would happen: The epistemic strategies in Galileo's thought experiments. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 54, pages 102-112.
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Sara Kier Praëm & Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen. (2015) Philosophical thought experiments as heuristics for theory discovery. Synthese 192:9, pages 2827-2842.
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Yiftach Fehige & Michael T. Stuart. (2014) Introduction. Perspectives on Science 22:2, pages 167-178.
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Yiftach Fehige & Michael T. Stuart. (2014) On the Origins of the Philosophy of Thought Experiments: The Forerun. Perspectives on Science 22:2, pages 179-220.
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Kristian Camilleri. (2013) Toward a constructivist epistemology of thought experiments in science. Synthese 191:8, pages 1697-1716.
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Şule Dönertaş Kösem & Ömer Faruk Özdemir. (2013) The Nature and Role of Thought Experiments in Solving Conceptual Physics Problems. Science & Education 23:4, pages 865-895.
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Dean A. Shepherd & Kathleen M. Sutcliffe. (2011) Inductive Top-Down Theorizing: A Source of New Theories of Organization. Academy of Management Review 36:2, pages 361-380.
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A. Lynn Stephens & John J. Clement. (2010) Documenting the use of expert scientific reasoning processes by high school physics students. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 6:2.
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Marco Buzzoni. (2007) Zum Verhältnis zwischen Experiment und Gedankenexperiment in den Naturwissenschaften. Journal for General Philosophy of Science 38:2, pages 219-237.
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Miriam Reiner. (2006) The Context of Thought Experiments in Physics Learning. Interchange 37:1-2, pages 97-113.
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Stephen Klassen. (2006) The Science Thought Experiment: How Might it be Used Profitably in the Classroom?. Interchange 37:1-2, pages 77-96.
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James Robert Brown. (2006) The Promise and Perils of Thought Experiments. Interchange 37:1-2, pages 63-75.
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Aspasia S. Moue, Kyriakos A. Masavetas & Haido Karayianni. (2006) Tracing the Development of Thought Experiments in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences. Journal for General Philosophy of Science 37:1, pages 61-75.
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