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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 ...