Gedankenexperimentn.
/ɡəˈdaŋkənɛkspɛrɪˌmɛnt/ Philosophy.
An experiment carried out only in imagination or thought; an appeal to imagined experience; a thought-experiment.
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Gedankenexperiment1958
1958 N. R. Hanson Patterns of Discov. vi. 137 The first presentation involves a gedankenexperiment; it supposes a super-microscope more powerful than any electronic microscope.
1966 Amer. Philos. Q. 3 306/2 The child in his [sc. Ayer's] Gedankenexperiment is taught the use of psychological concepts by a recorded voice.
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