Buridan's Ass/Historical Note

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Historical Note on Buridan's Ass

The supposed paradox of Buridan's Ass was first raised by Aristotle.

Despite its name, it does not appear in any of Jean Buridan's extant writings.

The attribution is as a result of Buridan's supposed refutation of this by means of a counterexample.


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