Some Classic Philosophical Thought Experiments

What If? ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 73-94
Author(s):  
Nicholas Rescher
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Philosophical Thought

scholarly journals Philosophical thought experiments as heuristics for theory discovery

Synthese ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 192 (9) ◽  
pp. 2827-2842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Kier Praëm ◽  
Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Philosophical Thought

Film as Argument

Film Studies ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Wartenberg
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Narrative Fiction ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Counter Example

Film theorists and philosophers have both contended that narrative fiction films cannot present philosophical arguments. After canvassing a range of objections to this claim, this article defends the view that films are able to present philosophical thought experiments that can function as enthymemic arguments. An interpretation of Michel Gondry‘s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is given in which the films criticism of the technology of memory erasure is just such a thought experiment, one that functions as a counter-example to utilitarianism as a theory for the justification of social practices.

scholarly journals Introduction: New Perspectives on Philosophical Thought Experiments

Topoi ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 763-768
Author(s):  
Adriano Angelucci ◽  
Margherita Arcangeli
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Philosophical Thought

Exploring the Brain, Looking for Thoughts: On Asimov's Second Fantastic Voyage

Nuncius ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Cassou-Nogus
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ◽  
The Body ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
The Brain

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to investigate various concerns which appear in Isaac Asimov's Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain. I will disregard his first voyage inside a human body in Fantastic Voyage I, which the author disavows as not being his own work. In contrast, the second voyage is intricate, suggesting problems drawn from a variety of sources. In a nutshell, Asimov's explorers enter the body of a comatose man in order to read his thoughts. The story can be related both to philosophical thought-experiments, such as those of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and of Herbert Feigl, as well as to personal anxieties peculiar to Asimov.

scholarly journals CONSTITUTIVE AND DEPICTIVE CREATIVITIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND CRITICAL THINKING

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Huiyuhl YI
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
The Core

This paper expounds two types of creativities in philosophy while exploring several influential philosophical views and thought experiments. The two types of creativities include constitutive creativity and depictive creativity. Constitutive creativity refers to the capabilities required for constructing theoretical equipment or tools needed to constitute the core of a given philosophical thought. It can be assessed in terms of the appropriateness of the theoretical apparatuses used in the target idea. The embodiment of constitutive creativity is often coupled with depictive creativity. Depictive creativity refers to the abilities to cite striking examples or build narratives that support the issue at hand. The assessment of depictive creativity depends on the ingenuity of the examples or stories insofar as they positively contribute to the establishment of the desired conclusion. While elucidating the notions of constitutive and depictive creativities by examining several examples in the literature of philosophy, I highlight that critical thinking operates as the cornerstone on top of which both types of creativities may be built.

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