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    Thought experiment

    A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, theory, or principle is laid out for the purpose of thinking through its consequences. The concept is also referred to using the German-language term Gedankenexperiment within the work of the physicist Ernst Mach and includes thoughts about what may have occurred if a different course of action were taken. The importance of this ability is that it allows the experimenter to imagine what may occur in the future, as well as the implications of alternate courses of action. Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Thought experiments in ethics" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aborting black babies to reduce crime; Atheist's wager; B. Bellum omnium contra omnes; Big Book (thought experiment) C.
    • Thought experiment

      A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, theory, [a] or principle is laid out for the purpose of thinking through its consequences. ... Thought experiments have been used in philosophy (especially ethics), physics, and other fields (such as cognitive psychology, ...

    • Trolley problem

      One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: is it preferable to pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number. The series usually begins with a scenario in which a ...

    • Big Book (thought experiment)

      The "Big Book" is a thought experiment developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein about the nature of ethics and the verifiability of ethical knowledge.This account is given by him in an early work, the 1929 Lecture on Ethics, and it matches also his position given in the early Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Proposition 6.41). [1] [2]"All propositions are of equal value."

    • Killing baby Hitler

      Adolf Hitler as an infant (c. 1889-1890) . Killing baby Hitler is a thought experiment in ethics and theoretical physics which poses the question of using time travel to assassinate an infant Adolf Hitler.It presents an ethical dilemma in both the action and its consequences, as well as a temporal paradox in the logical consistency of time. Killing baby Hitler first became a literary trope ...

    • Experiments in Ethics

      Experiments in Ethics is a 2008 book by the Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. [1] The book is based on a series of lectures delivered by Appiah in 2005 at Bryn Mawr College. [2] Summary. Many philosophers have been sceptical about the relevance of empirical moral psychology to ethics. [3]

    • Category:Thought experiments

      A thought experiment, or gedanken experiment, is a proposal for an experiment that would test or illuminate a hypothesis, theory, or principle. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. Antitheism (1 C, 22 P) C. Thought ...

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    A thought experiment is a hypothetical situation in which a hypothesis, theory, [a] or principle is laid out for the purpose of thinking through its consequences. ... Thought experiments have been used in philosophy (especially ethics), physics, and other fields (such as cognitive psychology, ...
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    One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: is it preferable to pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number. The series usually begins with a scenario in which a ...
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    The "Big Book" is a thought experiment developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein about the nature of ethics and the verifiability of ethical knowledge.This account is given by him in an early work, the 1929 Lecture on Ethics, and it matches also his position given in the early Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Proposition 6.41). [1] [2]"All propositions are of equal value."
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    The utility monster is a thought experiment in the study of ethics created by philosopher Robert Nozick in 1974 as a criticism of utilitarianism. [1] The thought experiment. A hypothetical being, which Nozick calls the utility monster, receives much more utility from each unit of a resource that it consumes than anyone else does. For instance ...
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    In ethics, the plank of Carneades is a thought experiment first proposed by the Academic Skeptic philosopher Carneades of Cyrene.It explores the concept of self-defense in relation to murder.. In the thought experiment, there are two shipwrecked sailors, A and B. They both see a plank that can only support one of them and both of them swim towards it.
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    Adolf Hitler as an infant (c. 1889-1890) . Killing baby Hitler is a thought experiment in ethics and theoretical physics which poses the question of using time travel to assassinate an infant Adolf Hitler.It presents an ethical dilemma in both the action and its consequences, as well as a temporal paradox in the logical consistency of time. Killing baby Hitler first became a literary trope ...
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    The survival lottery is a thought experiment, proposed by the philosopher John Harris.The basis of the idea is to ask people to imagine if organ donation were expected to save more individuals than it would kill. Hypothetically all individuals are assigned a number and drawn out of lottery when a donation is needed, and are expected to give up their lives to allow two or more people to live.
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    Experiments in Ethics is a 2008 book by the Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. [1] The book is based on a series of lectures delivered by Appiah in 2005 at Bryn Mawr College. [2] Summary. Many philosophers have been sceptical about the relevance of empirical moral psychology to ethics. [3]
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    A thought experiment, or gedanken experiment, is a proposal for an experiment that would test or illuminate a hypothesis, theory, or principle. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. Antitheism (1 C, 22 P) C. Thought ...
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