techne Flashcards
techne comes from an Indo and European stem that was approximately pronounced as _________ , and refers to “carpentry”
tekp
In ancient greek, the stem appears in the word _______, This is carried in the word “architect and in the concept of “_______”.
tekton
tectonic
But from tekton, we infer _____ , this refers to the skill of a carpenter or a master builder.
It refers to the art or skill of every kind involving the process of production.
techne
word techne carries a two-fold meaning; on the one hand, it refers to ___________ , on the other hand, __________
“craftsmanship” and skill of any kind
ability to create a machine
from techne, we can draw _________, which points to art of producing what is suited to the person’s art or skill..
technikon
When understanding the Latin _________(the art of skilled production), the French technique, or the german technik, we recognize the development of the concept to refer to all actions and procedures pertaining and relating to the skill involved in the production of everything
technica ars
In contemporary German, __________ refers to something broader. It involves everything that constitutes the means and modes of production that necessitates mastery in the highest sense in the practice of an art or skill
technik
refined the understanding of techne and placed it in relation to the other concepts involving action and production.
Aristotle
for him (____________) techne refers to that knowledge and ability that is concerned with production and construction.
it is in-between (________) the two poles of, on the one hand, mere know-how, _____, and , on the other hand, theoretical knowledge or _________.
Aristotle
mesotes
emperia
episteme
techne is not theoretical knowledge or episteme because episteme is about __________ (math, philosophy) whereas techne is a type of knowledge that deals with ________ or process of becoming
immutable
mutable
although building on empiriria, techne is not _________, which is dependent on what is in memory, and techne, which flows from the particular cases to a more universal concept.
experience
experience can only provide the _______, whereas techne provide ____ (closer to episteme)
“that”
“why”
another understanding of techne is the process by which _______.
This involves the process of _________.
things come to be
producing mutable realities
an intermediate position between vital processes of nature
physis
contingent process of _______ (or chance and coincidence
tychee
part of understanding technology is an element of _____ or a playful ______ of elements in a methodological technique. Despite the role of chance in teche, nature _______ its activity more.
luck, consideration
directs
in the greek understanding, ______ and ________ facilitates the agency of something in which things are realized
chance
nature
the source of techne remains to be the _________, who initiates the production of goods and make possible the technical process
thinking soul
when taking into consideration, therefore, techne and _______ (physis), we are concerned with the actualization in matter of form.
nature
The form that comes in the end is a _________ of the application of thinking on matter.
consequence
involved in the techne are the process of _______________.
evaluation, intervention, and construction
techne involves a more complicated process than ___________ (even if it imitates or is analogous to physis in its natural process)
mere generation
because of the similarity between techne and physis, it must be said that techne is the _________ to complete what is lacking in the nature; or that techne ______ that which nature does not have
This completion and perfection must, however, be understood in relation to human needs or even concerns or issue of utility; this variability is a variable as what humanity considers _____
human ability
perfects
useful
techne (based on arising human needs) __________ to serve human purposes and push human goals
invents machines
as it is understood by the early greek, _______ is a way of relating. On the one hand, it is related to the theoretical knowledge(________), On the other hand, it is related to the process of nature (_______)
with this relationships, techne is always already dependednt and never against theoretical knowledge on the one hand, and this level of mastery of nature on the other.
techne
episteme
physis
because of the weaving technique with habit and skill, the greeks look at techne as a ______________ that is also tied to one’s humanity
very unique kind of knowledge
men of technique
techniker
For __________, only the craftsman is able to demonstrate a type of knowledge that is sound and specialized; in a way they are able to demonstrate their technical knowledge as absolute
Socrates
The ________ were interested in humanity and our place in this world. It is this specific interest that leads to their interest in production whether homer speaks __________ forging the shield of Achilles, of Odysseus building his ship or Herodotus describing greek victories. Or in Prometheus, we read the narrative about fire that led us out of primitive existence into civilization.
Sophocles also gives testimony to a perilous mongrelism as described in the Antigone, where he speaks of the _______ (“terribleness,”monstrosity”) power which technique has placed into human hands techne
greeks, Hephaestus, deinotes
techne turned humanity as ___________; but it has also set him/her in the path toward __________ ,. This explains the problematic in and of technique which confronts us today.
This demise lies at the twofold relation between ________ and the directing activity of _________. This leads us to recognize the possibilities and the limitations of techne, and opens to us a perspective from which our humanity becomes effective and efficient in the totality of things human through its correctly conceived use.
master of nature, good and evil
theoretical knowledge
nature
