Natural Science and Supernatural Thought Experiments
Religious notions have long played a role in epistemology. Theological thought experiments, in particular, have been effective in a wide range of situations in the sciences. Some of these are merely picturesque, others have been heuristically important, and still others, as I will argue, have played...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2019]
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Religions
Jahr: 2019, Band: 10, Heft: 6, Seiten: 1-9 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Newton-Leibniz
B mathematical methods B Thought Experiment B God |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Religious notions have long played a role in epistemology. Theological thought experiments, in particular, have been effective in a wide range of situations in the sciences. Some of these are merely picturesque, others have been heuristically important, and still others, as I will argue, have played a role that could be called essential. I will illustrate the difference between heuristic and essential with two examples. One of these stems from the Newton-Leibniz debate over the nature of space and time; the other is a thought experiment of my own constructed with the aim of making a case for a more liberal view of evidence in mathematics. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel10060389 |