| 单词 | thought experiment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthought experiment thought experiment n. an experiment carried out only in one's imagination; a mental assessment of the implications of a hypothesis; = Gedankenexperiment n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > [noun] > of imagined experience thought experiment1854 the world > matter > physics > [noun] > specific concepts or principles of > imaginary experiment thought experiment1854 Gedankenexperiment1958 1854 A. Edersheim tr. H. M. Chalybäus Hist. Devel. Speculative Philos. v. 133 That this is really true, will be found by making the most simple thought-experiment [Ger. Gedankenexperiment]. 1893 Philos. Rev. 2 598 The writer's ‘thought-experiment’..is, certainly, more interesting than many others of the classical attempts at systematization. 1982 New Scientist 14 Jan. 75/2 Bekenstein considered a ‘thought experiment’ in which a box full of heat radiation was slowly lowered on a rope towards the surface (the horizon) of a black hole. 2005 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 19/1 Let us try a thought experiment. Forget the war, disregard the continuing occupation and instead ask..what kind of constitution Iraq ought to have. < as lemmas |
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