Aristotelian Problemata Physica

Robert Mayhew, Ph.D. (1991, Georgetown University) is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University (New Jersey). He has published monographs, translations, and articles in ancient Greek Philosophy, including most recently Prodicus the Sophist: Texts, Translations, and Commentary (Oxford 2011) and Aristotle: Problems (Loeb Classical Library – Harvard 2011). Contributors are: Han Baltussen, Andrew Barker, Istvan Bodnár, Alan C. Bowen, Bruno Centrone, William W. Fortenbaugh, Stefan Hagel, James G. Lennox, Mariska Leunissen, Robert Mayhew, Stephen Menn, David C. Mirhady, Katerina Oikonomopolou, Jason G. Rheins, Eckart Schütrumpf, Byron J. Stoyles, Liba Taub, Oliver Thomas, John Wilkins and Malcolm Wilson.

• ContentsEditor’s PrefaceContributorsAbbreviations1 The Problemata physica: An IntroductionIstvan Bodnar2 Democritus, Aristotle, and the ProblemataStephen Menn3 Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics and the Aristotelian ProblemataJames G. Lennox4 The Problemata’s Medical Books: Structural and Methodological AspectsKaterina Oikonomopoulou5 Creating Problemata with the Hippocratic CorpusOliver Thomas6 On Problemata 3: Wine-Drinking and DrunkennessWilliam W. Fortenbaugh7 Material and Teleological Explanations in Problemata 10Byron J. Stoyles8 Sound Reasoning in Problemata 11? Disentangling the Components of VoicesStefan Hagel9 Understanding Odours in Problemata12–13: Peripatetic Problems Concerning the Elusive Sense of SmellHan Baltussen10 The Ethnography of Problemata 14 in (Its Mostly Aristotelian) ContextMariska Leunissen11 Problemata 15: Its Title and AgendaAlan C. Bowen12 Musical Pitch and the Enigmatic Octave in Problemata 19Andrew Barker13 Food and Health in Problemata 21–22: Cooking (pepsis) in the Kitchen and “Cooking” (pepsis) in the BodyJohn Wilkins14 On Problemata 23: Little Problems on the Vast SeaMalcolm Wilson15 Problemata 26 and Theophrastus’ De ventis: A Preliminary ComparisonRobert Mayhew16 On Problemata 27: Problems Connected with Fear and CourageWilliam W. Fortenbaugh17 On Problemata 28: Temperance and Intemperance, Continence and IncontinenceBruno Centrone18 Problemata 29 and Athenian LawDavid C. Mirhady19 Black Bile as the Cause of Human Accomplishments and Behaviors in Pr. 30.1: Is the Concept Aristotelian?Eckart Schutrumpf20 Homo numerans, venerans, or imitans? Human and Animal Cognition in Problemata 30.6Jason G. Rheins21 ‘Problematising’ the Problemata: The Problemata in Relation to Other Question-and-Answer TextsLiba TaubIndex locorumIndex nominum