Abstract

PAEZ CASADIEGOS, Yidy. Phýsis, téchne, episteme: Una aproximación hermenéutica. Eidos [online]. 2014, n.20, pp.38-52. ISSN 1692-8857.

Abstract In the history of philosophy, the opposition between episteme and téchne has been conventional. Whether Plato or Aristotle is interpreted, or whether Archimedes, Ctesibius, Philo of Byzantium or Heron of Alexandria are revised, there is a margi-nalization of the téchne as compared to the epistemic hierarchy of pure thought (logismós). I propose a different interpretation of an archaeological and genealogical nature, according to which an episteme in the téchne and a téchne in the episteme could be postulated. The inquiry begins with a reading of sources making use of ety-mology as a hermeneutic téchne (or hermeneutic method). The Hippocratic treatises have been used as the principal primary source.

Keywords : phýsis; téchne; episteme; philosophy; hippocratic medicine.

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