thought experiment

基本解释

So then we get to this famous thought experiment.
接下来我们就得到了这个著名的思想实验。
How would we behave in this kind of thought experiment?
我们在这种思想的实验中是如何表现的？
If in my thought experiment I say to my friend, "Well, I know why you're feeling that way.
如果在思维实验中，我对我朋友说，“我知道为什么你会有这样的感觉。

As Heidegger points out in this passage, that's a thought experiment which, if it can be done at all, derives from that prior knowledge.
海德格尔在文章中指出，这个思想实验，在可以实现的前提下，来源于之前的知识。
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But the state of nature, for him, is rather a kind of thought experiment after the manner of experimental science.
但是对他来说，自然状态，是一种思想的实验,这是在科学实验之后。
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And just as in the thought experiment I just gave you, the University of Minnesota students acted in the same way.
如同上一个实验，该大学学生表现得一样。
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Obviously, none of these outcomes are likely and this is a mere thought experiment.
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