Buridan's ass
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Buridan's ass is an illustration of a paradox in philosophy in the conception of free will. It refers to a hypothetical situation wherein an ass that is equally hungry and thirsty is placed precisely
Political cartoon c. 1900, showing the United States Congress as Buridan's ass (in the two hay piles version), hesitating between a Panama route or a Nicaragua route for an Atlantic–Pacific canal
Morton's fork
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A Morton's fork is a type of false dilemma in which contradictory observations lead to the same conclusion. Its name refers to the rationalising of a benevolence by the 15th century English prelate Jo
John Morton, the namesake of Morton's fork
