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
What if … ? Exploring thought experiments and non-rehearsing teachers’ development of adaptive expertise in rehearsal debriefs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2020.103222
Abstract: Abstract Recent critiques of practice-based teacher education raise concerns about reducing pedagogy to acontextual procedures and decentering teacher reasoning. Building on our model of non-rehearsing teachers’ development of adaptive expertise in rehearsal debriefs, we examine… read more here.
Keywords: adaptive expertise; thought experiments; development adaptive; teachers development ... See more keywords
Heroes of our own story: Self-image and rationalizing in thought experiments
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x19002280
Abstract: Abstract Cushman's rationalization account can be extended to cover another part of his portrayal of representational exchange: thought experiments that lead to conclusions about the self. While Cushman's argument is compelling, a full account of… read more here.
Keywords: thought experiments; rationalizing thought; story self; image rationalizing ... See more keywords
Thought Experiments in Philosophy of Religion: The Virtues of Phenomenological Realism and Values
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DOI: 10.1515/opth-2017-0013
Abstract: Abstract We present a criterion for the use of thought experiments as a guide to possibilia that bear on important arguments in philosophy of religion. We propose that the more successful thought experiments are closer… read more here.
Keywords: realism values; thought experiments; phenomenological realism; philosophy ... See more keywords