Imagination as a meta-subject in the methodology of a thought experiment

• Published in: Izvestiâ Saratovskogo universiteta. Novaâ seriâ. Seriâ Filosofiâ. Psihologiâ. Pedagogika (Online) Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 368 - 372
• Main Author: Varkhotov, Taras A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Saratov State University 18.12.2024
• Subjects: imagination; methodology; philosophy of science; thought experiment; transcendental schematism

Introduction. The paper claims that each thought experiment, despite of its particular subject, reveals the general principles of the work of the imagination – these are elements of the transcendental scheme, which I. Kant controversially defines as pure representation, that is both intellectual and...