Quasi-empirical method

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<p><a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein/CNTet8qu">Albert Einstein</a>'s discovery of the <a href="/facts/General_relativity/jVsoIg8X">general relativity</a> theory relied upon <a href="/facts/Thought_experiments/GXlr0lz9">thought experiments</a> and <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a>. Empirical methods only became relevant when confirmation was sought. Furthermore, some empirical confirmation was found only some time after the general acceptance of the theory.
</p><p>Thought experiments are almost standard procedure in <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a>, where a conjecture is tested out in the imagination for possible effects on experience; when these are thought to be implausible,  unlikely to occur, or not actually occurring, then the conjecture may be either rejected or amended.  <a href="/facts/Logical_positivism/Dc6XMTsc">Logical positivism</a> was a perhaps extreme version of this practice, though this claim is open to debate.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Quasi-empiricism_in_mathematics/WR4IBAW8">Quasi-empiricism in mathematics</a> is an important topic in post-20th-century <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_mathematics/z7xBcdWA">philosophy of mathematics</a>, especially as reflected in the actual <a href="/facts/Mathematical_practice/wFICd4rc">mathematical practice</a> of working mathematicians.  
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<li id="fn:1"><p>Lolli, Gabriele (2008). "Experimental Methods in Proofs". Deduction, Computation, Experiment. pp. 65–79. doi:10.1007/978-88-470-0784-0_4. ISBN 978-88-470-0783-3. <a href="978-88-470-0783-3" target="_blank">978-88-470-0783-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Quasi-empirical method