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Reading Minds in Greek Tragedy*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2010

FELIX BUDELMANN  and
PAT EASTERLING
FELIX BUDELMANN
Affiliation:
[email protected]
PAT EASTERLING
Affiliation:
[email protected]
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A notable intellectual development of the past decade or two has been the ever-growing interest in human consciousness and the workings of the mind. Sometimes grouped under the umbrella term ‘cognitive sciences’, diverse disciplines such as neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, computer science, and linguistics have all made major contributions to our understanding of the human mind and brain; and the large number of popular science books published in this area show that this can be an engrossing topic for the layperson as much as for experts. In this article we want to explore, at a rather general and non-technical level, how this focus on matters of cognition can help us think about an aspect of Greek tragedy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Greece & Rome , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , October 2010 , pp. 289 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 2010

References

* This article arises out of conversations on earlier work done independently: P. Easterling, ‘Ancient Plays for Modern Minds’, Housman Lecture, University College, London, 2005; and F. Budelmann, ‘Bringing Together Nature and Culture: On the Uses and Limits of Cognitive Science for the Study of Performance Reception’, in E. Hall and S. Harrop (eds.), Theorising Performance. Greek Drama, Cultural History and Critical Practice (London, 2010), ch. 9.