Motivating the History of the Philosophy of Thought Experiments

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This is the introduction to a special issue of HOPOS on the history of the philosophy of thought experiments.

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Thought Experiments and Experimental Ethics.Thomas Pölzler & Norbert Paulo - 2024 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 67:355-383.

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