Buridan, Jean — • French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at Béthune, in the district of Atois towards the end of the thirteenth century; date of death unknown Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Buridan, Jean — born 1300, Béthune?, France died 1358 French philosopher, logician, and scientific theorist. He studied under William of Ockham at the University of Paris and later taught there. According to his modified version of determinism, though one must… … Universalium
Buridan, Jean — (c. 1295–1358) French scholastic philosopher. Buridan was educated under Ockham and taught at Paris, where he was also rector of the university. Little is known directly of Buridan s life, although it is known that he climbed Mont Ventoux… … Philosophy dictionary
BURIDAN, JEAN — a scholastic doctor of the 14th century, born in Artois, and famous as the reputed author, though there is no evidence of it in his works, of the puzzle of the hungry and thirsty ass, called after him Buridan s Ass, between a bottle of hay and … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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Buridan — Jean Buridan Jean Buridan, en latin Joannes Buridanus (1292 1363), philosophe français, docteur scolastique, fut l’instigateur du scepticisme religieux en Europe. Il fut, en Occident, le redécouvreur de la théorie de l impetus, vers 1340[1]. Son… … Wikipédia en Français
Jean Buridan — Jean Buridan † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Buridan French scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, b. at Béthune, in the district of Atois towards the end of the thirteenth century; date of death unknown. He studied at the… … Catholic encyclopedia
BURIDAN (J.) — BURIDAN JEAN (1300 env. apr. 1358) Recteur de l’université de Paris en 1328 et en 1340, commentateur d’Aristote et logicien. L’enseignement en logique de Jean Buridan (Summulae logicae ) dépend de celui de Pierre d’Espagne et de celui d’Ockham.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Buridan — (Jean) (v. 1300 apr. 1358) philosophe scolastique, à Paris. Il aurait proposé ce sophisme: un âne (l âne de Buridan) placé à égale distance d un seau d eau et d un picotin d avoine ne sait choisir et en meurt … Encyclopédie Universelle
