Buridan's Ass/Historical Note

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.


Sources

  • 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Buridan's ass
  • 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Buridan's ass
  • 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Buridan's ass
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