Parts of Falling Objects: Galileo’s Thought Experiment in Mereological Setting
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DOI: 10.1007/s10670-020-00263-y
Abstract: This paper aims to formalize Galileo’s argument (and its variations) against the Aristotelian view that the weight of free-falling bodies influences their speed. I obtain this via the application of concepts of parthood and of mereological… read more here.
Keywords: falling objects; experiment mereological; thought experiment; objects galileo ... See more keywords
Smartfounding: Four Grades of Resistance to Thought Experiments
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DOI: 10.1007/s11245-017-9487-3
Abstract: Smartfounding is the opposite of “dumbfounding” introduced by Jonathan Haidt’s research on disgust. Dumbfounders have general competence at thought experiment (in contrast to people who lack formal education). However, they are flustered by thought experiments… read more here.
Keywords: thought experiments; grades resistance; resistance thought; thought experiment ... See more keywords
Thought experiment: a hidden signal and an etioreceptor
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DOI: 10.1007/s13562-020-00618-0
Abstract: A pioneer in the study of the effect of light on plant development, Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845–1920), outlined both modes of plant development in darkness and in light– today known as skoto- and photo- morphogenesis, respectively.… read more here.
Keywords: etioreceptor; thought experiment; signal etioreceptor; signal ... See more keywords
Moral status of the fetus and the permissibility of abortion: a contractarian response to Thomson’s violinist thought experiment
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106810
Abstract: Judith Jarvis Thomson famously argued that abortion is permissible even if we accept that a fetus qualifies as a person and possesses a right to life. The current paper presents two arguments that undermine Thomson’s… read more here.
Keywords: thomson violinist; fetus; abortion; thought experiment ... See more keywords