Alternative spelling of Buridan's ass (“the hypothetical donkey who is the subject of a philosophical paradox concerning choices of equal value”)

plural of Buridan's ass

The hypothetical donkey, in context of certainly dying of hunger or thirst by being unable to choose between the two equidistant options.

(countable, chiefly derogatory) A person or organization who doesn't make a choice. / (uncountable, chiefly derogatory) Collectively, people who don't make a choice.

(philosophy) A self-referential paradox involving a proposition pronounced about an event that might or might not happen in the future. Socrates wishes to cross a bridge guarded by Plato, who says that if the next proposition Socrates utters is true, Socrates will be permitted to cross, but otherwise he will be thrown into the water. Socrates replies, "You will throw me into the water." Plato is then in a paradoxical situation regarding how to treat Socrates.

(logic) In quantified modal logic, the formula Diamond ∀xFx→∀x Diamond Fx, meaning "if possibly everything is F, then everything is possibly F".

Of or relating to the 14th-century French philosopher Jean Buridan.