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This volume explores the conceptual terrain defined by the Greek word eikos: the probable, likely, or reasonable. A term of art in Greek rhetoric, a defining feature of literary fiction, a seminal mode of historical, scientific, and philosophical inquiry, eikos was a way of thinking about the probab...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This volume explores the conceptual terrain defined by the Greek word eikos: the probable, likely, or reasonable. A term of art in Greek rhetoric, a defining feature of literary fiction, a seminal mode of historical, scientific, and philosophical inquiry, eikos was a way of thinking about the probable and improbable, the factual and counterfactual, the hypothetical and the real. These thirteen original and provocative essays examine the plausible arguments of courtroom speakers and the 'likely stories' of philosophers, verisimilitude in art and literature, the likelihood of resemblance in human reproduction, the limits of human knowledge and the possibilities of ethical and political agency. The first synthetic study of probabilistic thinking in ancient Greece, the volume illuminates a fascinating chapter in the history of Western thought. |
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| spelling | Probabilities, hypotheticals, and counterfactuals in ancient Greek thought / edited by Victoria Wohl. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 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. This volume explores the conceptual terrain defined by the Greek word eikos: the probable, likely, or reasonable. A term of art in Greek rhetoric, a defining feature of literary fiction, a seminal mode of historical, scientific, and philosophical inquiry, eikos was a way of thinking about the probable and improbable, the factual and counterfactual, the hypothetical and the real. These thirteen original and provocative essays examine the plausible arguments of courtroom speakers and the 'likely stories' of philosophers, verisimilitude in art and literature, the likelihood of resemblance in human reproduction, the limits of human knowledge and the possibilities of ethical and political agency. The first synthetic study of probabilistic thinking in ancient Greece, the volume illuminates a fascinating chapter in the history of Western thought. Philosophy, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 Reasoning. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111790 Probabilities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107090 Logic, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078107 Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057041 Probability https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011336 Philosophie ancienne. Probabilités. Logique ancienne. Grèce Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C. probability. aat PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Civilization fast Logic, Ancient fast Philosophy, Ancient fast Probabilities fast Reasoning fast Greece fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxd6hw8HtWYq9JY6hjjYP To 146 B.C. fast Wohl, Victoria, 1966- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgHdHYKKBVDGdXVKVRh73 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97019097 Print version: Probabilities, hypotheticals, and counterfactuals in ancient Greek thought 9781107050495 (DLC) 2014002500 (OCoLC)872522655 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=770220 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Probabilities, hypotheticals, and counterfactuals in ancient Greek thought / 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. Philosophy, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 Reasoning. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111790 Probabilities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107090 Logic, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078107 Probability https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011336 Philosophie ancienne. Probabilités. Logique ancienne. probability. aat PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Civilization fast Logic, Ancient fast Philosophy, Ancient fast Probabilities fast Reasoning fast |
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| topic | Philosophy, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 Reasoning. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111790 Probabilities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107090 Logic, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078107 Probability https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011336 Philosophie ancienne. Probabilités. Logique ancienne. probability. aat PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Civilization fast Logic, Ancient fast Philosophy, Ancient fast Probabilities fast Reasoning fast |
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