Probabilities, hypotheticals, and counterfactuals in ancient Greek thought / edited by Victoria Wohl.

Other author Wohl, Victoria, 1966- editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Philosophy, Ancient.
Reasoning.
Probabilities.
Logic, Ancient.
Greece--Civilization. --To 146 B.C.

Contents Introduction: eikos in ancient Greek thought -- Eikos arguments in Athenian forensic oratory / Michael Gagarin -- Eikos in Plato's Phaedrus / Jenny Bryan -- Aristotle on the value of "probability," persuasiveness, and verisimilitude in rhetorical argument / James Allen -- "Likely stories" and the political art in Plato's Laws / Ryan K. Balot -- Open and speak your mind: citizen agency, the likelihood of truth, and democratic knowledge in archaic and classical Greece / Vincent Farenga -- Counterfactual history and Thucydides / Robert Tordoff -- Homer's Achaean wall and the hypothetical past / Karen Bassi -- Play of the improbable: Euripides' unlikely Helen / Victoria Wohl -- Revision in Greek literary papyri / Sean Gurd -- Likeness and likelihood in classical Greek art / Verity Platt -- "Why doesn't my baby look like me?" Likeness and likelihood in ancient theories of reproduction / Daryn Lehoux -- Galen on the chances of life / Brooke Holmes -- Afterword / Catherine Gallagher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-285) and index.
LCCN 2014002500
ISBN9781107050495 (hardback)
ISBN1107050499 (hardback)
Standard identifier# 40024099054

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks B187 .R35 P76 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold