Thought Experiments and the Role of Coherent Economic Explanations
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That thought experiments (TEs) are widely used across the sciences and social sciences poses a riddle for those who think that we can learn new facts only through observation and experimentation. The riddle can be expressed by the following dilemma. Either the TE provides genuine knowledge of new facts. But this would conflict with deeply held views about the sources of our knowledge and make it mysterious how we gain this knowledge. Or the TE does not provide such knowledge. But then we have to explain the appearance to the contrary as well as their popularity in science.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015