Thought Experiments

History and Applications for Education

Chris Edwards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

126 Seiten

2021
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-6075-7 (ISBN)

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Thought experiments do not require a laboratory and need no funding, yet they are responsible for several major intellectual revolutions throughout history. Given their importance, and the way that they immediately engage students, it is surprising that thought experiments are not used more frequently as teaching tools in the academic disciplines. Thought Experiments: History and Applications forEducation explains how thought experiments developed and shows how thought experiments can be applied to subjects as varied as theoretical physics, mathematics, politics, personal identity, and ethics. Teachers at all levels and in all disciplines will discover how to use thought experiments effectively in their own classrooms.

Chris Edwards, Ed.D is the author of numerous books with Rowman & Littlefield, has presented his original connect-the-dots teaching method through the National Council for Social Studies, and is a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine. He teaches AP world history and an English course on critical thinking at a public high school in the Midwest.

Introduction

Chapter One. Famous Thought Experiments

Chapter Two. Time Travel

Chapter Three. Mathematics, Infinity, and the Big Bang

Chapter Four. Politics

Chapter Five.Risk, Odds, Bravery, and Ethics

Chapter Six. Identity

Chapter Seven. Ethics

Chapter 8. Meta-Mathematics and Meta-Language

Conclusion

References

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 219 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-4758-6075-7 / 1475860757
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-6075-7 / 9781475860757
Zustand	Neuware