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A Philosophical Approach to the View of Humanity in Classical Antiquity through an Analysis of the Debate about the Central Organ of the Human Body in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25370003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionHirosaki University

Principal Investigator

IMAI MASAHIRO  弘前大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (80281913)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords人体の中枢器官 / 脳中心主義 / 心臓中心主義 / ヒッポクラテス医学派 / アリストテレスの生物学 / プラクサゴラスの生理学 / 初期アレクサンドリア医学 / ストア派の魂論 / ヒッポクラテス / アリストテレス / プラクサゴラス / ストア派 / クリュシッポス / ヒッポクラテスの医学 / アレクサンドリア医学 / 初期ストア派 / エラシストラトス / ヒッポクラテスの「脳中心主義」 / トリプロキア(「三重撚糸体」) / 生命プネウマと心的プネウマ / 『神聖病論』 / ストア派の「魂」論 / 初期ヘレニズム医学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main purpose of this research project lies in a philosophical approach to the view of Humanity in Classical Antiquity through an analysis of the debate about the central organ of the human body in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. In my research project, I tried to answer the crucial question about the roles played by early Alexandrian physicians (Herophilus and Erasistratus), and also by their contemporary philosophers, especially the Stoics (Zeno and his successor Chrysippus) in the debate about the location of the central organ in the human body, its structure and its function.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2015 2014 2013

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Chrysippus and Early Alexandrian Physicians on the Location of the Control Centre of the Soul2017

    • Author(s)
      IMAI Masahiro
    • Journal Title

      JASCA: Japan Studies in Classical Antiquity

      Volume: Vol.3

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Praxagoras of Cos against the Tradition of Hippocratic Encephalocentrism2017

    • Author(s)
      IMAI Masahiro
    • Journal Title

      Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan

      Volume: 未定

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Erasistratus of Ceos and the Theoretical Sources for his Anatomical Physiology of a Human Being2015

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro IMAI
    • Journal Title

      Historia Scientiarum (HS): International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan

      Volume: Vol.24 (3) Pages: 103-125

    • NAID

      110009957644

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 展望 新時代の古代ギリシア・ローマ医学史研究2014

    • Author(s)
      今井 正浩
    • Journal Title

      科学史研究

      Volume: 53 (No.270) Pages: 133-138

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Psychological Arguments in the Hippocratic Treatises On the Sacred Disease and Airs, Waters, Places2014

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro IMAI
    • Journal Title

      Japan Studies in Classical Antiquity

      Volume: 2 Pages: 47-66

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 医学者プラクサゴラスとヒッポクラテスの脳中心主義の伝統2015

    • Author(s)
      今井 正浩
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会(第62回年総会)
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪市立大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Critical Comments on the Paper on Galen and early Christians given by Prof. Philip van der Eijk (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin)2014

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro IMAI
    • Organizer
      Institute of Christianity and Culture, ICU (国際基督教大学キリスト教と文化研究所)
    • Place of Presentation
      ICU (東京都三鷹市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 古代ギリシア・ローマの医学と同時代の哲学思想2014

    • Author(s)
      今井 正浩
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会 科学史学校(第27期)
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学理工学部(東京都)
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-23
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 「神経」の発見-人体の中枢器官をめぐるヘレニズム期からローマ期にかけての論争史-2014

    • Author(s)
      今井 正浩
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会 第61回年総会
    • Place of Presentation
      酪農学園大学(北海道江別市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-24 – 2014-05-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] クリュシッポスと初期アレクサンドリアの医学者たち―人体の中枢器官をめぐる論争史の一端―2013

    • Author(s)
      今井 正浩
    • Organizer
      日本科学史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学商学部
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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