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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateqoriya:Fikir_t%C9%99cr%C3%BCb%C9%99l%C9%99ri" title="Kateqoriya:Fikir təcrübələri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kateqoriya:Fikir təcrübələri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%80:%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE" title="বিষয়শ্রেণী:চিন্তা পরীক্ষা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিষয়শ্রেণী:চিন্তা পরীক্ষা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D1%8F%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Катэгорыя:Уяўныя эксперыменты – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Катэгорыя:Уяўныя эксперыменты" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D1%8F%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Катэгорыя:Уяўныя экспэрымэнты – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Катэгорыя:Уяўныя экспэрымэнты" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Категория:Мисловни експерименти – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Категория:Мисловни експерименти" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Experiments_mentals" title="Categoria:Experiments mentals – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Categoria:Experiments mentals" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:My%C5%A1lenkov%C3%A9_experimenty" title="Kategorie:Myšlenkové experimenty – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kategorie:Myšlenkové experimenty" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Tankeeksperimenter" title="Kategori:Tankeeksperimenter – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kategori:Tankeeksperimenter" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Gedankenexperiment" title="Kategorie:Gedankenexperiment – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kategorie:Gedankenexperiment" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategooria:M%C3%B5ttelised_eksperimendid" title="Kategooria:Mõttelised eksperimendid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kategooria:Mõttelised eksperimendid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1:%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC_%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Κατηγορία:Νοητικά πειράματα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κατηγορία:Νοητικά πειράματα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa:Experimentos_mentales" title="Categoría:Experimentos mentales – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Categoría:Experimentos mentales" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorio:Pensaj_eksperimentoj" title="Kategorio:Pensaj eksperimentoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kategorio:Pensaj eksperimentoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:Pentsamendu-esperimentuak" title="Kategoria:Pentsamendu-esperimentuak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kategoria:Pentsamendu-esperimentuak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87:%D8%A2%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%81%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="رده:آزمایش‌های فکری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رده:آزمایش‌های فکری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Exp%C3%A9rience_de_pens%C3%A9e" title="Catégorie:Expérience de pensée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Catégorie:Expérience de pensée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%84%EB%A5%98:%EC%82%AC%EA%B3%A0_%EC%8B%A4%ED%97%98" title="분류:사고 실험 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="분류:사고 실험" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D5%84%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80_%D6%83%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B1%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Կատեգորիա:Մտավոր փորձարկումներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կատեգորիա:Մտավոր փորձարկումներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Eksperimen_pikiran" title="Kategori:Eksperimen pikiran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kategori:Eksperimen pikiran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Experimento_mental" title="Categoria:Experimento mental – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Categoria:Experimento mental" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="קטגוריה:ניסויים מחשבתיים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קטגוריה:ניסויים מחשבתיים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="კატეგორია:აზრითი ექსპერიმენტები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კატეგორია:აზრითი ექსპერიმენტები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorija:Domu_eksperimenti" title="Kategorija:Domu eksperimenti – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kategorija:Domu eksperimenti" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorija:Mintiniai_eksperimentai" title="Kategorija:Mintiniai eksperimentai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kategorija:Mintiniai eksperimentai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Категорија:Мисловни опити – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Категорија:Мисловни опити" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorie:Gedachte-experiment" title="Categorie:Gedachte-experiment – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Categorie:Gedachte-experiment" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E5%AE%9F%E9%A8%93" title="Category:思考実験 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Category:思考実験" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Tankeeksperiment" title="Kategori:Tankeeksperiment – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kategori:Tankeeksperiment" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Tankeeksperiment" title="Kategori:Tankeeksperiment – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kategori:Tankeeksperiment" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Experimentos_mentais" title="Categoria:Experimentos mentais – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Categoria:Experimentos mentais" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorie:Experimente_mentale" title="Categorie:Experimente mentale – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Categorie:Experimente mentale" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Категория:Мысленные эксперименты – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Категория:Мысленные эксперименты" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Thocht_experiments" title="Category:Thocht experiments – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Category:Thocht experiments" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateg%C3%B3ria:My%C5%A1lienkov%C3%A9_experimenty" title="Kategória:Myšlienkové experimenty – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kategória:Myšlienkové experimenty" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorija:Miselni_preizkusi" title="Kategorija:Miselni preizkusi – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kategorija:Miselni preizkusi" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Категорија:Мисаони експерименти – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Категорија:Мисаони експерименти" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorija:Misaoni_eksperimenti" title="Kategorija:Misaoni eksperimenti – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kategorija:Misaoni eksperimenti" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luokka:Ajatuskokeet" title="Luokka:Ajatuskokeet – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Luokka:Ajatuskokeet" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Tankeexperiment" title="Kategori:Tankeexperiment – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kategori:Tankeexperiment" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88:%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94" title="หมวดหมู่:การทดลองทางความคิด – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หมวดหมู่:การทดลองทางความคิด" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:D%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnce_deneyleri" title="Kategori:Düşünce deneyleri – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kategori:Düşünce deneyleri" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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Philosophy">Anti-Fish! Philosophy</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbitrage" title="Arbitrage">Arbitrage</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>B</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backcasting" title="Backcasting">Backcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_question" title="Beer question">Beer question</a></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Black_swan_statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="Black swan statistics">Black swan statistics</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braitenberg_vehicle" title="Braitenberg vehicle">Braitenberg vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brithenig" title="Brithenig">Brithenig</a></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Bruns%27_polyhedron" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruns' polyhedron">Bruns' polyhedron</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>C</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Cohen_(philosopher)" title="Martin Cohen (philosopher)">Martin Cohen (philosopher)</a></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Coherence_(philosophical_gambling_strategy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy)">Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy)</a></span></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Comparing_Darwinian_and_Lamarckian_modalities" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparing Darwinian and Lamarckian modalities">Comparing Darwinian and Lamarckian modalities</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortical_homunculus" title="Cortical homunculus">Cortical homunculus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterfactual_conditional" title="Counterfactual conditional">Counterfactual conditional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterfactual_history" title="Counterfactual history">Counterfactual history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptoterrestrial_hypothesis" title="Cryptoterrestrial hypothesis">Cryptoterrestrial hypothesis</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>D</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darwinian_demon" title="Darwinian demon">Darwinian demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decolonizing_Architecture_Art_Residency" title="Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency">Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion" title="A Defense of Abortion">A Defense of Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_pessimism" title="Defensive pessimism">Defensive pessimism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Della_Moneta" title="Della Moneta">Della Moneta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demon_(thought_experiment)" title="Demon (thought experiment)">Demon (thought experiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem" title="Dining philosophers problem">Dining philosophers problem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinosauroid" title="Dinosauroid">Dinosauroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyson_sphere" title="Dyson sphere">Dyson sphere</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>E</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ellsberg_paradox" title="Ellsberg paradox">Ellsberg paradox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_application_integration" title="Enterprise application integration">Enterprise application integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evacuate_Earth" title="Evacuate Earth">Evacuate Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exotheology" title="Exotheology">Exotheology</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>F</h3> <ul><li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Family_tree_photographs" class="mw-redirect" title="Family tree photographs">Family tree photographs</a></span></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Fish_Tank_(thought_experiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fish Tank (thought experiment)">Fish Tank (thought experiment)</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freiling%27s_axiom_of_symmetry" title="Freiling's axiom of symmetry">Freiling's axiom of symmetry</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>G</h3> <ul><li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Gedankenexperiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Gedankenexperiment">Gedankenexperiment</a></span></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Giant_Jews_of_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Giant Jews of science">Giant Jews of science</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Debris" title="God's Debris">God's Debris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green-beard_effect" title="Green-beard effect">Green-beard effect</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>H</h3> <ul><li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Happiness_as_a_psychiatric_disorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Happiness as a psychiatric disorder">Happiness as a psychiatric disorder</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happiness_pump" title="Happiness pump">Happiness pump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayy_ibn_Yaqdhan" title="Hayy ibn Yaqdhan">Hayy ibn Yaqdhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historiography_and_Historiophoty" title="Historiography and Historiophoty">Historiography and Historiophoty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow_Earth" title="Hollow Earth">Hollow Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_House-Boat_on_the_Styx" title="A House-Boat on the Styx">A House-Boat on the Styx</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>I</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem" title="Infinite monkey theorem">Infinite monkey theorem</a></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design_falsification" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligent design falsification">Intelligent design falsification</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intuition_pump" title="Intuition pump">Intuition pump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverted_Earth" title="Inverted Earth">Inverted Earth</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>K</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kavka%27s_toxin_puzzle" title="Kavka's toxin puzzle">Kavka's toxin puzzle</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>L</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laplace%27s_demon" title="Laplace's demon">Laplace's demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levinthal%27s_paradox" title="Levinthal's paradox">Levinthal's paradox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel" title="The Library of Babel">The Library of Babel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_After_People" title="Life After People">Life After People</a></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_thought_experiments" class="mw-redirect" title="List of thought experiments">List of thought experiments</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy" title="Lump of labour fallacy">Lump of labour fallacy</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>M</h3> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martian_scientist" title="Martian scientist">Martian scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_naturalness_theory" title="Media naturalness theory">Media naturalness theory</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>N</h3> <ul><li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Nearest_neighbor_to_the_%27perfect_human%27_is_from_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Nearest neighbor to the 'perfect human' is from Puerto Rico">Nearest neighbor to the 'perfect human' is from Puerto Rico</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcomb%27s_paradox" title="Newcomb's paradox">Newcomb's paradox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_European_Enclosure_Dam" title="Northern European Enclosure Dam">Northern European Enclosure Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton%27s_dome" title="Norton's dome">Norton's dome</a></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>O</h3> <ul><li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/Observer_of_scientific_progress" class="mw-redirect" title="Observer of scientific progress">Observer of scientific progress</a></span></li> <li><span class="redirect-in-category"><a href="/wiki/On_the_End_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="On the End Times">On the End Times</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="mw-category-group"><h3>P</h3> 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