thought experiment
considering hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences
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thought experiment
Summary
thought experiment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (752 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- thought experiment's image is recorded as Schrodingers cat.svg[2].
- thought experiment's GND ID is recorded as 4280370-6[3].
- thought experiment's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00002301[4].
- thought experiment's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16644495f[5].
- thought experiment's IdRef ID is recorded as 166106364[6].
- thought experiment's subclass of is recorded as experiment[7].
- thought experiment's subclass of is recorded as abstract entity[8].
- thought experiment's Commons category is recorded as Thought experiments[9].
- thought experiment's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 64220[10].
- thought experiment's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d5c3[11].
- thought experiment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thought experiments[12].
- thought experiment's described at URL is recorded as http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/gedanken-experiment_%28Dizionario-delle-Scienze-Fisiche%29/[13].
- thought experiment's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 107.6[14].
- thought experiment's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 501[15].
- thought experiment's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000367301[16].
- thought experiment's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Gedankenexperiment[17].
- thought experiment's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/thought-experiment[18].
- thought experiment's BBC Things ID is recorded as e5070db5-41cc-4636-ba64-af6923712cce[19].
- thought experiment's different from is recorded as hypothetical entity[20].
- thought experiment's FAST ID is recorded as 1150274[21].
- thought experiment's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as thought-experiment[22].
- thought experiment's PhilPapers topic is recorded as thought-experiments[23].
- thought experiment's Quora topic ID is recorded as Thought-Experiments[24].
- thought experiment's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as thought-experiments[25].
- thought experiment's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136892[26].
Why It Matters
thought experiment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (752 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]