What was the name of the ground-breaking 'thought experiment' proposed by an Austrian Scientist in 1935?
Thought experiment Thought experiment A thought experiment (, "Gedanken-Experiment", or "Gedankenerfahrung",) considers some hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences. Given the structure of the experiment, it may not be possible to perform it, and even if it could be performed, there need not be an intention to perform it. The common goal of a thought experiment is to explore the potential consequences of the principle in question: Examples of thought experiments include Schrödinger's cat, illustrating quantum indeterminacy through the manipulation of a perfectly sealed environment and a tiny bit of radioactive substance, and Maxwell's demon, which
Blockhead (thought experiment) answers only what it has been told to answer in advance by its programmers. Blockhead (thought experiment) Blockhead is the name of a theoretical computer system invented as part of a thought experiment by philosopher Ned Block, which appeared in a paper titled "Psychologism and Behaviorism" (though Block does not name the computer in the paper). In "Psychologism and Behaviorism," Block argues that the internal mechanism of a system is important in determining whether that system is intelligent and claims to show that a non-intelligent system could pass the Turing test. Block asks us to imagine a conversation lasting any