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Sets out for the first time the ancient views and debates about productive knowledge or techne through the whole period of antiquity, covering all the major schools of ancient philosophy. Readers will come to understand the central role that techne played in ancient intellectual life.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. Protagoras on Political Technê Edward Hussey; 2. Dynamic Modalities and Teleological Agency: Plato and Aristotle on Skill and Ability Tamer Nawar; 3. Technê as a Model for Virtue in Plato Rachel Barney; 4. Crafting the Cosmos: Plato on the Limitations of Divine Craftsmanship Thomas Kjeller Johansen; 5. Aristotle on Productive Understanding and Completeness Ursula Coope; 6. Technê and Empeiria: Aristotle on Practical Knowledge Robert Bolton; 7. The Stoics on Technê and the Technai Voula Tsouna; 8. The Epicureans on Technê and the Technai Voula Tsouna; 9. The Sceptic's Art: Varieties of Expertise in Sextus Empiricus Stefan Sienkiewicz; 10. Plotinus on the Arts Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson; 11. Productive Knowledge in Proclus Jan Opsomer.
About the author
Thomas Kjeller Johansen is a Professor of Philosophy in the Institute of Philosophy, Classics, History of Ideas and Art at the University of Oslo. He was previously a Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at Brasenose College. He is the author of Aristotle on the Sense-Organs (Cambridge, 1997), Plato's Natural Philosophy (Cambridge, 2004) and The Powers of Aristotle's Soul (2012).
Summary
Sets out for the first time the ancient views and debates about productive knowledge or technê through the whole period of antiquity, covering all the major schools of ancient philosophy. Readers will come to understand the central role that technê played in ancient intellectual life.
