A look at the times former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denied former President Joe Biden was in declining mental or physical health.

*A hypothetical animal, credited to 14th Century French Philosopher Jean Buridan (and others), which suffered from the hypothetical dilemma of perfectly balanced but conflicting desires for two ...

In the 1300’s, the philosopher Jean Buridan argued that the Earth might not be at the center of the Universe, and that it might be rotating. He claimed — correctly in the first case, and only a bit ...

The disappearance of the young men concerned Rector Magnificus Jean Buridan. The philosopher went to the palace to investigate. However, Buridan also piqued the queen’s interest and a passionate ...

Buridan’s what? “There’s this old philosophical quandary called Buridan’s Ass,” explained Richman, “where you have a donkey that is equally hungry and thirsty and equally far from food and water.” The ...

Buridan’s (or Aristotle’s, or Devo’s) paradox illustrates the internet’s awesome destructive potential. More important, quoting it also shows off my erudition.

The universal and ancient use of gold and silver as moneys was pointed out by the first great monetary theorist, the eminent fourteenth-century French scholastic Jean Buridan, and then in all ...

By the time I produce a laundry list of Medieval scientists – like Albertus Magnus, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, John Peckham, Duns Scotus, Thomas Bradwardine, Walter Burley, William Heytesbury, ...

Buridan's what? "There's this old philosophical quandary called Buridan's Ass," explained Richman, "where you have a donkey that is equally hungry and thirsty and equally far from food and water." The ...