TY - JOUR T1 - A Minimalist Framework for Thought Experiment Analysis JF - Organon F Y1 - 2016 A1 - Picha, Marek KW - Experimentalism KW - Galileo KW - minimalism KW - reconstruction KW - Rescher KW - thought experiments AB - Thought experiments are frequently vague and obscure hypothetical scenarios that are difficult to assess. The paper proposes a simple model of thought experiments. In the first part, I introduce two contemporary frameworks for thought experiment analysis: an experimentalist approach that relies on similarities between real and thought experiment, and a reasonist approach focusing on the answers provided by thought experimenting. Further, I articulate a minimalist approach in which thought experiment is considered strictly as doxastic mechanism based on imagination. I introduce the basic analytical tool that allows us to differentiate an experimental core from an attached argumentation. The last section is reserved for discussion. I address several possible questions concerning adequacy of minimalistic definition and analysis. VL - 23 UR - http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2016/4/503-524.pdf M3 - State U2 - Articles U3 - 503524 ER -