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List and description of Thought Experiments Here
*There is a lot of material at this link. Just find one good thought experiment.

On your wiki page, select ONE thought experiment at the link above. A page and half, give or take. Then, follow the four steps below, and explain your answers on your wiki page. Divide your answers into the 4 sections below. There is no right answer in a Thought Experiment. It's your experiment to run, and your conclusion to draw. But, there is sustained, focused, deep analysis in experiments!

Steps For Thought Experiments.

1. Hypothesis To Be Tested:What issues will be decided (or at least illuminated) as a result of the thought experiment? What is at stake philosophically? What is the overall point of going through that thought experiment?

2. Experimental Set Up: What are we supposed to assume in this thought experiment? Explain the hypothetical scenario andthe most important elements of the hypothetical scenario.

3. Experimental Results: What conclusion did YOU arrive at in the thought experiment? If the author arrives at a different conclusion at all, or seems to have a position, compare that with yours. Also, consider whether your judgement might change if modifications were made to the experimental set up, and we changed the initial description in some way.

4. Conclusion regarding initial hypothesis: On the basis of this thought experiment, what position do you take on the initial hypothesis to be tested above, and how did the thought process you have run through here lead you to that conclusion?




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