The Aristotelian Problemata physica : : philosophical and scientific investigations / / edited by Robert Mayhew ; contributors, Han Baltussen [and nineteen others].

• Superior document: Philosophia Antiqua, Volume 139
• TeilnehmendeR: Mayhew, Robert,; Baltussen, Han,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia antiqua ; Volume 139.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (483 pages) :; illustrations, tables.

The Problemata physica is the third longest work in the corpus Aristotelicum, but among the least studied. It consists of 38 books, over 900 chapters, covering a vast range of subjects, including medicine and music, sex and salt water, fatigue and fruit, animals and astronomy, moderation and malodorous things, wind and wine, bruises and barley, voice and virtue. Aristotelian Problemata Physica : Philosophical and Scientific Investigations consists of 21 essays by scholars of ancient Greek philosophy and science. These essays shed light on this mysterious work, providing insights into the nature of philosophical and scientific inquiry in the Lyceum during Aristotle’s life and especially in the years following his death.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 The Problemata physica: An Introduction / István Bodnár -- 2 Democritus, Aristotle, and the Problemata / Stephen Menn -- 3 Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics and the Aristotelian Problemata / James G. Lennox -- 4 The Problemata’s Medical Books: Structural and Methodological Aspects / Katerina Oikonomopoulou -- 5 Creating Problemata with the Hippocratic Corpus / Oliver Thomas -- 6 On Problemata 3: Wine-Drinking and Drunkenness / William W. Fortenbaugh -- 7 Material and Teleological Explanations in Problemata 10 / Byron J. Stoyles -- 8 Sound Reasoning in Problemata 11? Disentangling the Components of Voices / Stefan Hagel -- 9 Understanding Odours in Problemata 12–13: Peripatetic Problems Concerning the Elusive Sense of Smell / Han Baltussen -- 10 The Ethnography of Problemata 14 in (Its Mostly Aristotelian) Context / Mariska Leunissen -- 11 Problemata 15: Its Title and Agenda / Alan C. Bowen -- 12 Musical Pitch and the Enigmatic Octave in Problemata 19 / Andrew Barker -- 13 Food and Health in Problemata 21–22: Cooking (pepsis) in the Kitchen and “Cooking” (pepsis) in the Body / John Wilkins -- 14 On Problemata 23: Little Problems on the Vast Sea / Malcolm Wilson -- 15 Problemata 26 and Theophrastus’ De ventis: A Preliminary Comparison / Robert Mayhew -- 16 On Problemata 27: Problems Connected with Fear and Courage / William W. Fortenbaugh -- 17 On Problemata 28: Temperance and Intemperance, Continence and Incontinence / Bruno Centrone -- 18 Problemata 29 and Athenian Law / David C. Mirhady -- 19 Black Bile as the Cause of Human Accomplishments and Behaviors in Pr. 30.1: Is the Concept Aristotelian? / Eckart Schütrumpf -- 20 Homo numerans, venerans, or imitans? Human and Animal Cognition in Problemata 30.6 / Jason G. Rheins -- ‘Problematising’ the Problemata: The Problemata in Relation to Other Question-and-Answer Texts / Liba Taub -- Index locorum -- Index nominum.