Putting the ‘Experiment’ back into the ‘Thought Experiment’

Sartori, Lorenzo

doi:10.1007/s11229-022-04011-3

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“…The experiment is subject to the requirement of repeatability. Conditions are chosen and manipulated deliberately, and the effects produced by this manipulation are then measured [39]. The experiment is the main method used to address the problem under investigation and obtain answers.…”

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Testing of Permeability of RFID Access Control System for the Needs of Security Management

Veľas,

Boroš,

Kuffa

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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Access control systems are part of the overall protection of objects. It is often the first system with which it is necessary to start the contact system; therefore, it is necessary to ensure its proper functioning. In the event of a malfunction, it can cause downtime in production, and it is triggered by a bad replacement of workers. Access control systems have their own specificities that need to be considered when designing security. Poor selection of access control devices can cause inefficient system functionality, resulting in downtime and loss. Based on experimental testing and related work in access control systems, this paper discusses the possibilities of testing the throughput of access control systems. The manuscript presents the design of a unique test device that can be used in the assessment of the reliability and throughput of access control systems. With the help of tests, we were able to determine the probability of downtime due to inappropriately set time intervals for changing employees on a work shift.

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Testing of Permeability of RFID Access Control System for the Needs of Security Management

Veľas,

Boroš,

Kuffa

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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“…Many answer yes because thought experiments have been so important in the history of science, for example, with Galileo, Newton, Einstein, and others. (Sartori 2023, 2) Sartori presents three different answers to how thought experiments provide us with new knowledge -Platonism, objectualism, and structuralism (Sartori 2023, 3).…”

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“…In a recent article, Lorenzo Sartori (Sartori 2023) argues that the discussion on this topic lacks an overarching theoretical framework. He provides a useful classification of positions but claims that no one has succeeded in giving a clear answer on how thought experiments provide us with new knowledge about the world.…”

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A Systematic Account of the Argumentative Role of Thought Experiments

Agerbo Mørch,

Ottesen Søvik

2024

OrgF

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What is the role of thought experiments in scientific exploration? Can they provide us with new knowledge about the world? In a recent article, Lorenzo Sartori argues that thought experiments function like ordinary (material) experiments: Both material experiments and thought experiments are made in a specific context, which must then be extrapolated and generalized to say something true about the world. This article discusses and criticizes Sartori's proposal. It suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding thought experiments, their argumentative role, and how they provide new knowledge about the world. The framework presented is a coherentist framework, where coherence has three aspects: consistency, cohesiveness, and comprehensiveness. The proposal is that the argumentative role of thought experiments is to demonstrate the presence or absence of consistency, cohesiveness, and comprehensiveness, thereby strengthening a theory, weakening a theory, or showing one theory to be better than another. This is the way thought experiments Organon F 31 (1) 2024: 2-21provides new knowledge about the world, since the way we learn something new about the world is by discovering which theories about the world are most coherent.

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A Game of Perspectives: On the Role of Imagination in Thought Experiments

Binini,

Huemer,

Molinari

2024

Erkenn

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Thought experiments are fictional narratives that widen our cognitive horizons both in the sciences and in philosophy. In the present paper we argue that they can perform this function by bringing one’s perspective into view. Despite being traditionally conceived as devices that transmit true propositions to their readers, thought experiments are also particularly apt to express a specific theoretical perspective through the use of imagination. We suggest that this is a significant epistemic feature that is often overlooked in the debate. After presenting our analysis of thought experiments (Section 2) and of the role that imagination plays in them (Section 3), we revisit Galileo Galilei’s use of imaginary cases in light of our account (Section 4). We show that the main aims of Galileo’s thought experiments are to highlight how different perspectives endorsed by fictional characters affect imagination and to invite readers to actively engage in perspectives that are different from their own. This results in a clash of perspectives which plays a crucial epistemic role (Section 5). Readers of thought experiments do not passively absorb information, but critically assess the other’s perspective. In the final part of the paper, we individuate different ways in which readers can react to thought experiments.

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Putting the ‘Experiment’ back into the ‘Thought Experiment’

Cited by 4 publications

References 66 publications

Testing of Permeability of RFID Access Control System for the Needs of Security Management

Testing of Permeability of RFID Access Control System for the Needs of Security Management

A Systematic Account of the Argumentative Role of Thought Experiments

A Game of Perspectives: On the Role of Imagination in Thought Experiments

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