thought experiment

基本解釋

So then we get to this famous thought experiment.
接下來我們就得到了這個(gè)著名的思想實(shí)驗(yàn)。
How would we behave in this kind of thought experiment?
我們在這種思想的實(shí)驗(yàn)中是如何表現(xiàn)的？
If in my thought experiment I say to my friend, "Well, I know why you're feeling that way.
如果在思維實(shí)驗(yàn)中，我對我朋友說，“我知道為什么你會(huì)有這樣的感覺。

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.
海德格爾在文章中指出，這個(gè)思想實(shí)驗(yàn)，在可以實(shí)現(xiàn)的前提下，來源于之前的知識。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
But the state of nature, for him, is rather a kind of thought experiment after the manner of experimental science.
但是對他來說，自然狀態(tài)，是一種思想的實(shí)驗(yàn),這是在科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)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.
如同上一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，該大學(xué)學(xué)生表現(xiàn)得一樣。
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Obviously, none of these outcomes are likely and this is a mere thought experiment.
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