Techne
Philosophical term referring to "making" or "doing" / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Techne (disambiguation).
In Ancient Greek philosophy, techne (Greek: τέχνη, romanized: tékhnē, lit. 'art, skill, craft'; Ancient Greek: [tékʰnɛː], Modern Greek: [ˈtexni]) is a philosophical concept that refers to making or doing.[1] Today, while the Ancient Greek definition of techne is similar to the modern definition and use of "practical knowledge",[2] techne can include various fields such as mathematics, geometry,[3][4] medicine, shoemaking, rhetoric, philosophy, music, and astronomy.[4]
One of the definitions of techne led by Aristotle, for example, is "a state involving true reason concerned with production".[5]