Description: Thought experimentation has been a staple of philosophical methodology since classical antiquity, when Xenophanes of Colophon speculated that if horses had gods, they would be equine in form
Brief description:
Nicholas Rescher, distinguished university professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, is currently chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science.
Review Quotes:
"Rescher's book is to be commended for dealing with a broad topic that will be of interest to philosophers and historians of science alike." ---Mark Shumelda, ISIS: Journal of the History of Science Society