The threat of the intuition-shaped hole
Published in Inquiry, 2023
Some authors have tried to defend thought experiments from empirical critique by arguing said passages argue by argument, not intuition. This paper argues that because thought experiments have changed many people's minds and the purported arguments aren't very good, intuition denial makes the problem it tries to solve worse.
Recommended citation: Ethan Landes. The threat of the intuition-shaped hole. Inquiry, 66(4):539–564, April 2023.
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