Submitted 6 months ago by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Both theoretical or applied is cool
To frame thought experiments and their limitations, Dave Snowden’s Cynefin and perhaps works on pragmatism, contextual functionalism, and relational frame theory, books like ACT in Context.
Now, as to thought experiments, there’s Daniel Dennet’s Intuition Pumps.
This is tangential, but maybe you’d be interested in George Lakoff’s framing. Lakoff would argue that frames are at least sometimes exactly the same thing as a thought experiment.
Some of the best though experiments of all times (so far):
What makes relativity the hardest thought experiment?
Read it for real, try it out. Then you’ll know.
The numbers make my brain smoke.
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Have you taken a look at the plato.stanford.edu entry on such, specifically the bibliography?
Wikipedia, but follow the sources
I mean more of a curated or collection of specifically thought experiments, discussion of same,
Wikipedia, but follow the sources and the edits X2
Wikipedia, but follow the sources
IDK but be careful, if they explode, it can blow your mind.
Hupf@feddit.org 6 months ago
What’s an applied thought experiment?