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Buridan's Ass
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Buridan's ass
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Buridan's Ass
en Buridan's ass the hypothetical donkey who is the subject of a philosophical paradox concerning choices of equal value.
en 1985 Jean Buridan; Peter King Jean Buridan's Logic http://books.google.com.br/books?id=bo4Yxsc1Y6IC&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false 9789027719188 3 Springer Buridan is best-known to philosophers for the example of "Buridan's Ass," starving to death between two equidistant and equally tempting bales of hay, [...]
en August 31 2003 Tony Dermody tdermody@iol.NODAMNJUNK.ie Re: A Few Questions 2lpcvpdh3zwc$.1mk81eq1qmfo3$.dlg@40tude.net alt.atheism.moderated http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism.moderated/msg/74511948e4c3dd1d They remain like Buridan's Ass, in a kind of frozen indecisiveness, between total freedom and total regulation.