English Dictionary

Thomson's lamp

固有名詞

(philosophy) A hypothetical lamp in a philosophical paradox. The lamp is repeatedly turned on and off by means of a switch; at the end of this time period, regarded as the sum of an infinite series of intervals, it seems paradoxically that the lamp cannot be either on or off.

日本語の意味

（哲学）仮想のランプ。スイッチによって繰り返しオンとオフにされるが、無限に続く短い時間間隔の合計の終わりにおいて、ランプがオンともオフとも判断できなくなるというパラドックスを示す概念。

In the lecture, she used Thomson's lamp to illustrate the paradox of completing infinitely many tasks in a finite time.

講義で彼女は、トムソンのパラドックスに登場する仮想のランプを用いて、有限の時間で無限に多くの作業を完了するという逆説を説明した。

意味（1）

(philosophy) A hypothetical lamp in a philosophical paradox. The lamp is repeatedly turned on and off by means of a switch; at the end of this time period, regarded as the sum of an infinite series of intervals, it seems paradoxically that the lamp cannot be either on or off.