Thought Experiments
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 33
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Episode description
The HBS hosts discuss the pedagogical pros and cons of thoughts experiments.
Philosophy has its own laboratory! While it doesn’t have graduated cylinders or Bunsen burners, it is a “clean room” in which philosophers can distill the essential elements of a theory. We talk about the pros and cons of thought experiments, their uses, and their abuses. We give some examples of famous thought experiments and, yes, we talk about the trolley problem.
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