Comments on: -ike and Tina: on techne, or “how do human beings genuinely come to know?” http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/04/01/ike-and-tina-on-techne-or-how-do-human-beings-genuinely-come-to-know/ Catholic Anglican Reflections on Theology and Culture Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Janet Leslie Blumberg http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/04/01/ike-and-tina-on-techne-or-how-do-human-beings-genuinely-come-to-know/#comment-570 Janet Leslie Blumberg Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:10:29 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/04/01/ike-and-tina-on-techne-or-how-do-human-beings-genuinely-come-to-know/#comment-570 Hi Scott, I just replied to your attentive question over on www.deepgraceoftheory.com. Thanks. Since I had been working off-line on this very point, you gave me a great opportunity to summarize that, and see what other Christians might think about how much the Christian life and Socratic philosophy had in common in the first 2000 years of the Greco-European tradition, through the Renaissance at least, and still do (thank goodness) in many contemporary Christian traditions. Hi Scott, I just replied to your attentive question over on http://www.deepgraceoftheory.com. Thanks.

Since I had been working off-line on this very point, you gave me a great opportunity to summarize that, and see what other Christians might think about how much the Christian life and Socratic philosophy had in common in the first 2000 years of the Greco-European tradition, through the Renaissance at least, and still do (thank goodness) in many contemporary Christian traditions.

]]> By: Scott http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/04/01/ike-and-tina-on-techne-or-how-do-human-beings-genuinely-come-to-know/#comment-567 Scott Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:53:44 +0000 http://www.thelandofunlikeness.com/2008/04/01/ike-and-tina-on-techne-or-how-do-human-beings-genuinely-come-to-know/#comment-567 Do we know in advance that the techne of a given discipline is intrinsically conducive to bringing about 'a good citizen'? One might be persuaded to think that the techne has to do with learning how to see and understand the object / subject matter of the discipline (e.g. poetike, politike). Also, do we know that this ordinary language philosophy of 'techne poetike' includes some explicit philosophical doctrine about 'making good citizens'? In other words, wouldn't we need some explicitly stated doctrine about the intrinsic goal(s) of human nature? Just some thoughts... Do we know in advance that the techne of a given discipline is intrinsically conducive to bringing about ‘a good citizen’? One might be persuaded to think that the techne has to do with learning how to see and understand the object / subject matter of the discipline (e.g. poetike, politike). Also, do we know that this ordinary language philosophy of ‘techne poetike’ includes some explicit philosophical doctrine about ‘making good citizens’? In other words, wouldn’t we need some explicitly stated doctrine about the intrinsic goal(s) of human nature? Just some thoughts…

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