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单词 thought experiment
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Definition of thought experiment in English:

thought experiment

noun
  • A mental assessment of the implications of a hypothesis.

    the far-sighted politician must do a thought experiment and apply the test of war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a thought experiment, try turning things on their heads.
    • Each aphorism or set of aphorisms, must be examined as a thought experiment.
    • Here'e a thought experiment for you: what are the ten most important issues that powerful graphic design might affect?
    • But then, it's not meant to be a practical proposal, just a thought experiment.
    • As a thought experiment, consider a potentially uncomfortable example: the practice of polygamy.
    • Philosophy lives and dies by the thought experiment, and I've concocted many of my own.
    • This is, you may recall, a thought experiment predicated on the notion that God exists and did make the world.
    • There was once a famous physicist by the name of Erwin Schrodinger, and in 1935 he posed a thought experiment involving a very famous cat.
    • To think about this problem, let's try a thought experiment.
    • At first glance, this analysis seems to be beyond cynical, but a simple thought experiment would suggest that the idea is not entirely unfounded.
    • The point of the thought experiment is to portray the foetus as admittedly a person, but one who is illegitimately using someone else's body, without her consent, to stay alive.
    • It is a thought experiment designed to arrive at a practical judgment, action upon which is anticipated to resolve one's predicament.
    • In the first thought experiment, I will review in detail what the evidence says about how that change would affect the quality of their lives.
    • The substitute gospel we have just considered is not merely a thought experiment.
    • By trusting our intuitions in the thought experiment, we falsely conclude that rapid waves cannot be light either.
    • Here's a thought experiment: design any personal tax system you want.
    • It seems intuitive that a thought experiment has to be based on reasonable and informative premises in order to be fruitful.
    • A simple thought experiment shows how dangerous are the implications of treating them as combatants.
    • As a thought experiment, I summarized her main criticisms of Islam and then substituted Christianity, a faith with which I'm more familiar.
    • The soul could conceivably exist without a body, as Descartes tried to show when he carried out the thought experiment of imagining himself subject to demonic deception.
 
 

Definition of thought experiment in US English:

thought experiment

noun
  • An experiment carried out only in the imagination.

    the far-sighted politician must do a thought experiment and apply the test of war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It seems intuitive that a thought experiment has to be based on reasonable and informative premises in order to be fruitful.
    • The point of the thought experiment is to portray the foetus as admittedly a person, but one who is illegitimately using someone else's body, without her consent, to stay alive.
    • It is a thought experiment designed to arrive at a practical judgment, action upon which is anticipated to resolve one's predicament.
    • The soul could conceivably exist without a body, as Descartes tried to show when he carried out the thought experiment of imagining himself subject to demonic deception.
    • Each aphorism or set of aphorisms, must be examined as a thought experiment.
    • This is, you may recall, a thought experiment predicated on the notion that God exists and did make the world.
    • As a thought experiment, I summarized her main criticisms of Islam and then substituted Christianity, a faith with which I'm more familiar.
    • Here'e a thought experiment for you: what are the ten most important issues that powerful graphic design might affect?
    • The substitute gospel we have just considered is not merely a thought experiment.
    • As a thought experiment, try turning things on their heads.
    • There was once a famous physicist by the name of Erwin Schrodinger, and in 1935 he posed a thought experiment involving a very famous cat.
    • At first glance, this analysis seems to be beyond cynical, but a simple thought experiment would suggest that the idea is not entirely unfounded.
    • Here's a thought experiment: design any personal tax system you want.
    • Philosophy lives and dies by the thought experiment, and I've concocted many of my own.
    • In the first thought experiment, I will review in detail what the evidence says about how that change would affect the quality of their lives.
    • But then, it's not meant to be a practical proposal, just a thought experiment.
    • As a thought experiment, consider a potentially uncomfortable example: the practice of polygamy.
    • A simple thought experiment shows how dangerous are the implications of treating them as combatants.
    • By trusting our intuitions in the thought experiment, we falsely conclude that rapid waves cannot be light either.
    • To think about this problem, let's try a thought experiment.
 
 
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