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    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 ...
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    And in our own time, the creation of quantum mechanics and relativity are almost unthinkable without the crucial role played by thought experiments. Much of ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind is based firmly on the results of thought experiments as well, including Searle's Chinese room or Putnam's twin earth.
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    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).
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    Thought experiments are devices of the imagination used to investigate the nature of things. We need only list a few of the well-known thought experiments to be reminded of their enormous influence and importance in the sciences: Newton's bucket, Maxwell's demon, Einstein's elevator, Heisenberg's gamma-ray microscope, Schrödinger's cat.
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    Thought Experiments and the Methods of Ethics "Intuition pumps" or "thought experiments" have long been well-used items in the philosopher's toolbox (Dennett 1984: 17-18; Stuart et al. 2018). Typically, a thought experiment presents an example, often a hypothetical example, in order to elicit some philosophically telling response. ...
    Author:John Doris, Stephen Stich, Jonathan Phillips, Lachlan WalmsleyPublished:2006
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    The present article discusses several topics that illustrate this type of inquiry: thought experiments, responsibility, character, egoism v. altruism, and moral ... One might, of course, eschew thought experiments in ethical theorizing. While this methodological austerity is not without appeal, it comes at a cost; despite the difficulties ...
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    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 ...
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    Mar 13, 2024Many important debates in contemporary ethics centre on idealized thought experiments in which agents are assumed to have perfect information about the effects of their actions and other morally relevant features of the choices they face. If Abe turns the trolley, one person will certainly be killed; if he does not, five people will certainly ...
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    1.1 What Counts as an Experiment? 1.2 Who Conducts the Experimental Investigation? 1.3 How Directly Must the Experimentation be Related to the Philosophy? 1.4 What Counts as Experimental Philosophy, as Opposed to Psychology? 2. Moral Judgments and Intuitions. 2.1 Two "Negative" Programs; 2.2 Three "Positive" Programs
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    Intrinsic value has traditionally been thought to lie at the heart of ethics. Philosophers use a number of terms to refer to such value. ... In place of analysis, Moore proposes a certain kind of thought-experiment in order both to come to understand the concept better and to reach a decision about what is intrinsically good. He advises us to ...
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