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Buridan's ass

philosophical paradox regarding free will
Thing paradox Q340003
Buridan's ass
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Buridan's ass

Summary

Buridan's ass is a paradox[1]. It draws 436 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #15 of 104).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buridan's ass's image is recorded as Deliberations of Congress.jpg[3].
  • Buridan's ass's instance of is recorded as paradox[4].
  • Jean Buridan is named after Buridan's ass[5].
  • Buridan's ass's Commons category is recorded as Buridan's ass[6].
  • Buridan's ass's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037z89[7].
  • Buridan's ass's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Buridans-ass[8].
  • Buridan's ass's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778850762[9].
  • Buridan's ass's Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID is recorded as asino-di-buridano[10].
  • Buridan's ass's Lex ID is recorded as Buridans_æsel[11].
  • Buridan's ass's Encyclopedia.com ID is recorded as humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/buridans-ass[12].

Why It Matters

Buridan's ass draws 436 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #15 of 104).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Jean Buridan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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