Thought experiment

Thought experiments are mental concepts or hypotheses, often resembling riddles, which are used by philosophers and scientists as simple ways of illuminating what are usually very dense ideas. Most often, they’re used in more abstract fields like philosophy and theoretical physics, where physical experiments aren’t possible. They serve as some hearty food for thought, but given their complex subject matter, it’s not unusual for even the thought experiment itself to be nearly…

I am a philosopher with a background in art (which I studied as an undergraduate). Philosophers use thought experiments, short stories that bring out intuitions. It is often not possible to do these experiments in real life, but by doing them in our heads we can learn something new about the nature of reality, about right and wrong, the existence of God and many other topics.

This article criticizes what it calls perspectival thought experiments, which require subjects to mentally simulate a perspective before making judgments from within it. Examples include Judith Thoms...

From "Thompson's violinist" to the "Experience Machine," these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.

I mentioned the possibility that "The Skittles Problem" might replace "The Trolley Problem" as the go-to illustration in ethics classes. I am now almost

Utilitarianism and "Happiness Containers" http://www.jasonscfung.com/violet-blog/2016/2/23/utilitarianism-and-happiness-containers

This rice experiment is proof the power of positivity alters our reality and conversely, the power of negative thinking. See scientific proof