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  1. Dec 22, 2023Thought experiments help us explore philosophical concepts in a more practical way. For example, the trolly problem forces us to confront how we would apply our ethics in a situation. The point of thought experiments isn't to arrive at a specific answer. Instead, thought experiments force us to reason through our ideas and give us insight into ...
  2. philsci-archive.pitt.edu

    Companion to Thought Experiments. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. 195-210. - 1 - Thought Experiments in Ethics Georg Brun Georg.Brun@philo.unibe.ch Abstract This chapter suggests a scheme of reconstruction, which explains how scenarios, questions and arguments figure in thought experiments. It then develops a typology of ethical thought
  3. plato.stanford.edu

    In fact, thought experiments as a method in ethics have their critics (see, e.g., Dancy 1985). Alternatively, they can provide a different version of the same scenario to challenge the conclusion. It is a very intriguing feature of thought experiments that they can be "rethought" (see Bokulich 2001). Real experiments are frequently open to ...
  4. guides.gccaz.edu

    Oct 16, 2023What If. . .Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy is a brief collection of over 100 classic and contemporary "thought experiments," each exploring an important philosophical argument. These thought experiments introduce students to the kind of disciplined thought required in philosophy, and awaken their intellectual curiosity.
    Author:Sean OBrienPublished:2016
  5. tandfonline.com

    The use of thought experiments in ethics is partly similar to the use of thought experiments in the sciences. As in the sciences (Sorensen Citation 1992, 191), an actual execution of thought experiments is often impossible in ethics - just think of far-fetched scenarios such as the footbridge version of the trolley cases or Thomson's violinist.
    Author:Thomas Pölzler, Norbert PauloPublished:2021
  6. onlinelibrary.wiley.com

    Some of the more famous relatively recent examples of thought experiments in ethics, which vary widely with respect to their realism, include Philippa Foot's notorious "trolley problem," Bernard Williams's story of Jim and the Indians, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's "famous violinist." However, for many newcomers to philosophical ethics ...
  7. philsci-archive.pitt.edu

    This chapter suggests a scheme of reconstruction, which explains how scenarios, questions and arguments figure in thought experiments. It then develops a typology of ethical thought experiments according to their function, which can be epistemic, illustrative, rhetorical, heuristic or theory-internal. Epistemic functions of supporting or refuting ethical claims rely on metaethical assumptions ...
  8. academic.oup.com

    Counterexample thought experiments (CTEs) play a prominent role in the ethics literature. A wide range of ethics CTEs have a distinctive feature: they feature forced choices with fixed outcomes. This feature matters because, according to a generally accepted understanding of CTEs' role in philosophical methodology, CTEs work by presenting ...
  9. philarchive.org

    Thought Experiments in Ethics, 2021 CONTENTS Preface i Chapter I The Story in Your Head: Tomoceuszkakatiti and Gyugyu 1 Chapter II How Thought Experiments Move Us: The Samaritan and His Neighbours 16 Chapter III What Makes a Thought Experiment? 34 Chapter IV Thought Experiments in Practical Philosophy and Bioethics 75 Chapter V The Experience ...
  10. ethicalpsychology.com

    First, thought experiments can disclose nature's failure to conform to a previously held set of expectations. Second, they can suggest particular ways in which both expectation and theory must henceforth be revised." (Kuhn, 1977, p. 241 and 261) The questions are urgent regarding philosophical thought experiments, because they play an ...
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