Poietics

The term poietik ( Greek ποιητική poietike , to poiein ' to make') in the original sense denotes a science or teaching of creation and design or a certain art teaching.

In terms of epistemological theory , the concept goes back to Aristotle , in his metaphysics he speaks of “ […] πᾶσα διάνοια ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητικ… […] ” (1st main part, III.  Division and object of science , German: “ either the acting life or the producing activity or moves in pure theory ”), which is why one speaks of poietic sciences, productive sciences (in the sense of pure scientific application), applied sciences (practice-oriented) and theoretical sciences .

Today one often speaks of the poetics of a certain artist, a certain art movement or school, that is, the design in terms of his artistic work and “handwriting”. The term “ poiesis ” is also used in literary studies and is closely linked to the concept of hermeneutics , the interpretation of the text.

See also

• Poiesis - modern concepts of philosophy

Individual evidence

1. ^ Translation according to Aristotle: Metaphysik , p. 167. Digital Library Volume 2: Philosophy , p. 4243;
   quoted (original text and translation) according to theory, theoretical, theorem, consider - θεωρία, θεωρέω , text passage Aristot.Met.1025b18-1026a19 in Egon and Gisela Gottwein: Greek dictionary , last update: March 6, 2013;
   see. Chapter in the trans. Adolf Lasson, 1907 , on zeno.org, there (p.) [85], 1st paragraph.