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Thinking About Thought Experiments in Physics Comment on “Experiments and Thought Experiments in Natural Science”

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RÉdei, M. (2003). Thinking About Thought Experiments in Physics Comment on “Experiments and Thought Experiments in Natural Science”. In: Galavotti, M.C. (eds) Observation and Experiment in the Natural and Social Sciences. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 237. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48123-5_16

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