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Plank of Carneades

ethical thought experiment proposed by Carneades of Cyrene: after shipwreck, A is on a plank that can only support 1 person; when B tries to cling on, A pushes him away; is A guilty?
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Plank of Carneades

Summary

Plank of Carneades is a thought experiment[1]. It draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #39 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plank of Carneades is credited with the discovery of Carneades[3].
  • Plank of Carneades's instance of is recorded as thought experiment[4].
  • Plank of Carneades's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dfjqm[5].
  • Plank of Carneades's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781118881[6].
  • Plank of Carneades's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 카르네아데스의 판자[7].

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Works and Contributions

Plank of Carneades is credited with the discovery of Carneades[3].

Why It Matters

Plank of Carneades draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #39 of 56).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Carneades

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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