Ancient philosophers employed thought experiments in ways similar to contemporary philosophers, both for defending their own theories and refuting opponents' theories

The practice of thought experiments is not an invention of philosophy and modern science. On the other hand, the view that the Pre-Socratics “invented thought experimentation as a cognitive procedure and practiced it with great dedication and versatility” (Rescher 2005, p. 2) might be a stretch. With such a claim one risks underestimating the entanglement of concepts and corresponding reality. It is probably much more correct to say something like the following: “There is no ancient Greek term c