page_title: Buridan's bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Buridan's bridge
caption_attribution_description: Buridan's bridge. One of proposed solution for Buridan's bridge sophism is to let Socrates to cross the bridge, and throw him into water on another side.
context_page_description: Buridan's Bridge is described by Jean Buridan, one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the Late Middle Ages, in his book Sophismata. It is a self-referential paradox that involves a proposition pronounced about an event that might or might not happen in the future.
context_section_description: Buridan's Bridge (also known as Sophism 17) is described by Jean Buridan, one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the Late Middle Ages, in his book Sophismata. It is a self-referential paradox that involves a proposition pronounced about an event that might or might not happen in the future.
caption: One proposed humorous solution for the Buridan's bridge sophism is to let Socrates cross the bridge and then throw him into the water on the other side.
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