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page 1Baron Munchausen

Gottfried August Bürger
German poet (1747-1794)
factitious disorder imposed on self
psychiatric factitious disorder

Rudolf Erich Raspe
German author and scientist (1736–1794)
Münchhausen trilemma
thought experiment about the impossibility of proving any truth: in response to repeated "but why?"s, only the circular argument, infinite regress, or axiomatic argument are possible
Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia
narrative by Rudolf Erich Raspe
How Six Made Their Way in the World
fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

Münchhausen in Afrika
1958 film by Werner Jacobs