Thought Experiments in Methodological and Historical Contexts

By analysing thought experiments from various periods in the history of philosophy and science, the essays in this volume seek to clarify how thought experiments work, what their limits are, and what their conceptualisation could be.

About the author

Katerina Ierodiakonou is Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Athens. She has published extensively on ancient and Byzantine philosophy, especially in the areas of epistemology and logic. She currently works on a book about ancient theories of colour.

Sophie Roux (Ph.D., EHESS, 1996) is Associate Professor at the University of Grenoble and Junior Fellow at the Institut universitaire de France. She has published extensively on various aspects of philosophy and science in the early modern period.

Product details

• Authors: Katerina Ierodiakonou
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9789004201767
• ISBN: 978-90-04-20176-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Series: Medieval and Early Modern Phil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)