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Buridan's bridge
Proper noun
(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.
Japanese Meaning
（哲学）自己言及的なパラドックスであり、将来起こるかどうか不確定な事象に関する命題に由来する状況。 / ソクラテスが橋を渡ろうとする際、橋の守衛であるプラトンが、「次の命題が真ならば橋を渡ることができ、偽ならば水に投げ込まれる」と条件付ける状況に基づくパラドックス。 / 命題の真偽によって生じる矛盾的なジレンマを指し、事象の発生に対する自己矛盾的な否定が絡む問題。
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(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.
Quizzes for review
(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.
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Buridan's bridge
Philosophy students often discuss Buridan's bridge to illustrate problems of self-reference and future contingents.
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Philosophy students often discuss Buridan's bridge to illustrate problems of self-reference and future contingents.
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