Imagination's grip on science

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-239

  De Mey, Tim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Imagination; Scientific discovery; Singular causal analysis; Theory choice; Thought experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049224437     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2006.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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