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Meanings of thought experiment in English
Russian
воображаемый эксперимент Portuguese
experiência de pensamento Spanish
experimento imaginario Catalan
experiment mental Considering hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.
Synonyms
Examples for "gedankenexperiment"
Examples for "gedankenexperiment"
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Like many thought experiments, however, the answers one offers are not especially meaningful.
2
What may have been, what could have been, are now only thought experiments.
3
What about the use of thought experiments in justifying policy measures with regard to violence?
4
Still, such models can only be thought experiments.
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I'm a lab rat in his thought experiments.
Usage of thought experiment in English
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Unfortunately not, say spacecraft designers, but it's still a worthwhile thought experiment.
2
My thought experiment crystallized a key tension I've noticed in the Bible.
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Now, as a thought experiment, imagine a British equivalent to this film.
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Now, with nitrofurantoin, that thought experiment is playing out in real life.
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And I wonder actually if you might explain the thought experiment.
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Elaborations of the thought experiment present a series of increasingly teasing moral conundrums.
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For the purposes of this thought experiment, what might come next?
8
To envision what such a victory might look like, permit a thought experiment.
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To illustrate the extent of our problem-solving abilities, here's a fanciful thought experiment.
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A thought experiment is one you carry out in your head.
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In an ideal world this would be only a thought experiment.
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It's not a parody any more than a thought experiment is a parody.
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Kamal, I want you to do a little thought experiment with me, okay?
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Consider the following thought experiment borrowed from my friends Aaron Brown and Paul Wilmott:
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There is a great thought experiment Plato did called the allegory of the cave.
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We can do that of course in a thought experiment.
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Translations for thought experiment
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