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consequences:In terms of their theoretical consequences, thought experiments generally:
challenge (or even refute) a prevailing theory, often involving the device known as reductio ad absurdum,
Hmm, you could replace device with logical falicy but then it does not say what they thought it did...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
consequences:In terms of their theoretical consequences, thought experiments generally:
challenge (or even refute) a prevailing theory, often involving the device known as reductio ad absurdum,
Hmm, you could replace device with logical falicy but then it does not say what they thought it did...