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A thought experiment (from the German term Gedankenexperiment, coined by Hans Christian Ørsted) in the broadest sense is the use of an imagined scenario to help us understand the way things really are. The understanding comes through reflection on the situation. Thought experiment methodology is a priori, rather than empirical, in that it does not proceed by observation or physical experiment.
Thought experiments are well-structured hypothetical questions that employ "What if?" reasoning (see irrealis moods).
Thought experiments have been used in philosophy, physics, and other fields. They have been used to pose questions in philosophy at least since Greek antiquity, some pre-dating Socrates. In physics and other sciences many famous thought experiments date from the 19th and especially the 20th Century, but examples can be found at least as early as Galileo.
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My biography is a series of successful thought experiments.
hugothebear (bo) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:13:26 -0000
My biography is a series of successful thought experiments.
@park3 Havn't read it but did you read Freakonomics? More like thought experiments and research applied to macro scale.
jeffremer (Jeff Remer) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:52:27 -0000
@park3 Havn't read it but did you read Freakonomics? More like thought experiments and research applied to macro scale.
Or listen to @microphilosophy aka Julian Baggini on thought experiments on PB podcast http://tinyurl.com/y99vfzy
philosophybites (Nigel Warburton) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:22:40 -0000
Or listen to @microphilosophy aka Julian Baggini on thought experiments on PB podcast http://tinyurl.com/y99vfzy
RT @xphilosopher: Canada's Walrus has a short but nice article on the debate surrounding thought experiments and experimental philosophy ...
Blognitions (Mark) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:44 -0000
RT @xphilosopher: Canada's Walrus has a short but nice article on the debate surrounding thought experiments and experimental philosophy ...
RT @xphilosopher Walrus has a short but nice article on debate surrounding thought experiments & experimental philo http://bit.ly/21k6D1
MXML (maximal is me) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:59:19 -0000
RT @xphilosopher Walrus has a short but nice article on debate surrounding thought experiments & experimental philo http://bit.ly/21k6D1
@ShaunM92 What happened to Friends, Mr.Brightside and Experiments? :( Thought that would be more important than 3OH!3... :'(
AahFrashion (Taylor McKie Knox) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:49:43 -0000
@ShaunM92 What happened to Friends, Mr.Brightside and Experiments? :( Thought that would be more important than 3OH!3... :'(
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