Title
Heuristic strategies in the speeches of Cicero [electronic resource] / Gabor Tahin.
ISBN
9783319017990 electronic book
3319017993 electronic book
9783319017983
3319017985
Published
Cham : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages)
Call Number
PA6357 .T34 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
875.01
Summary
This book introduces a new form of argumentative analysis: rhetorical heuremes. The method applies the concepts of heuristic thinking, probability, and contingency in order to develop a better understanding of complex arguments in classical oratory. A new theory is required because Greek and Roman rhetoric cannot provide detailed answers to problems of strategic argumentation in the analysis of speeches. Building on scholarship in Ciceronian oratory, this book moves beyond the extant terminology and employs a concept of heuristic reasoning derived from the psychology of decision making and mathematical problem solving. The author analyses selected passages from Cicero's forensic speeches where arguments of probability are deployed, and shows that the Sophistic concept of probability can link ancient rhetoric and modern theories of argumentation. Six groups of heuremes are identified, each of which represents a form of probabilistic reasoning by which the orator plays upon the perception of the jurors.
Note
Dissertation.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from pdf information screen (viewed Jan. 16, 2014).
Series
Argumentation library ; volume 23. 1566-7650
Foreword
Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Analysis
Chapter 3. The Origins of Heuristic Argumentation: Probable Arguments in Ancient Rhetoric
Chapter 4. Cicero's Models: Heuristic Arguments in the Greek Orators
Chapter 5. Pro Flacco
Chapter 6. Pro Sulla
Chapter 7. Pro Murena
Chapter 8. Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino
Chapter 9. Pro Milone
Chapter 10. Pro Cluentio
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
