Which philosophical thought experiment describes a donkey that starves to death because it cannot choose between two identical bales of hay?
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Buridan's Ass
This thought experiment involves a hungry donkey placed exactly between two identical stacks of hay. It suggests the donkey would starve because it has no rational reason to choose one over the other.
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