Are philosophical thought experiments just cases of reasoning about counter

Are philosophical thought experiments just cases of reasoning about counter

Are philosophical thought experiments just cases of reasoning about counter-factual scenarios? I ask because it strikes me as obvious that we engage in this kind of reasoning all the time without thinking it special or suspect. Is a thought experiment, then, simply reasoning about a counter-factual which happens to be more fantastic than usual?

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