My new article shows how the controversiae, imaginary legal cases from the curriculum of classical rhetoric, share a family resemblance with thought experiments as fictions of argument.
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Fictions of Argument:Are the Controversiae Thought Experiments?
Abstract. The fictionality of the controversiae, imaginary legal cases from the curriculum of classical rhetoric, is often interpreted as their central liability, while the fictionality of thought exp...
