Everyone's focussing on ethics, but the use of thought experiments is widespread. The author of this article mentions the Gettier problems in epistemology, I'm currently churning through stuff like Mary the Scientist and pZombies in philosophy of mind.
In ethics I think the problem is more whether the thought experiments are formulated to "lead the witness". I question whether thought experiments like pZombies that are designed to flush out metaphysical truths are actually helpful.
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Everyone's focussing on ethics, but the use of thought experiments is widespread. The author of this article mentions the Gettier problems in epistemology, I'm currently churning through stuff like Mary the Scientist and pZombies in philosophy of mind.
In ethics I think the problem is more whether the thought experiments are formulated to "lead the witness". I question whether thought experiments like pZombies that are designed to flush out metaphysical truths are actually helpful.