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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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