CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

Abstract

A democratic state is an ideal that has been realized for years with varying results in many countries and, if possible, it should still be cultivated by every society. But the very idea of a democratic state is not enough, because the majority in relation to minorities can be cruel, harsh and ruthless. A democratic government can bring much misfortune to minorities in the name of its good causes. We see at every step: the forgotten, isolated, excluded and deprived of rights, people often associated with the opposition or those who lost power, for example due to the end of their term of office. It should be noted, however, that in many cases a minority, thanks to the mechanisms of democracy, can grow in strength and lead to their rule and overshadow the principles of the majority.
The thought experiment, as understood by the authors of the text, is to emphasize the essence of democracy in the context of information, truth and symbol. For this reason, it can be considered a research method useful in situations where it is possible to apply one's own interpretation of events, without induction and deduction. This form of research is intended to create premises for perceiving problems in terms that have not been taken into account so far. Rejecting schematic methods of solving problems for the reason that they would not meet the expectations placed in them by people from outside the world of science – the authors developed an innovative, accessible form of multi-faceted perception, transformation and explanation of issues arising in society. By publishing its principles, they want to encourage the use of a thought experiment: students, managers or politicians, on whom the future of all of us, and above all of civil society, depends