what is the difference between poiesis and praxis?

Answer 1

In a philosophical sense poiesis brings praxis into being, or is it the other way around? It's interesting, I've never put the two together before.

Poiesis is the Greek root of poetry, it tends toward poesy as in poetic inspiration, creative thought. The suffix -poietic (meaning maker and formative) is a Greek derivative.

Poiesis is creative use of the mind on an abstract level. Thought is not generally considered "concrete". You have heard of abstract thought? Poetry is a creative act of putting ideas on paper with the use of metaphors, alliteration, meter, rhyme. The musings tend towards virtue (the natural goodness of mankind) and (inner) knowledge.

Praxis is a Middle Latin root word meaning doing, action. It passes to the French word prassien meaning to pass through, to practice. The word is related to pragmatic, practical, practice.

Praxis deals with the practical use of knowledge. How is the knowledge used, how is it passed to generation to generation.

Poiesis can be considered as creating a thought, thinking it through and praxis can be thought of as the carry through, how the thought is physically put into use.

Answer 2

Poiesis is the poetical. The poet one who uses metaphor to uncover new feelings, thoughts, and orientations.

Praxis is practical, the pragmatic... what suits us as far as knowledge given our human confines.

So maybe a difference would be that poiesis is ampliative and praxis descriptive. Though both use each other. A poet with no practical tool such as a language, can convey nothing. A pragmatist without poetry, analogy, metaphor can't really describe the best way to go about a given topic.

Answer 3

poiesis
Greek term for creation or production that is aimed at some end (telos), unlike mere action (praxis) or doing. Excellence in poiesis is achieved by skill techne.

praxis
Greek term for action or doing, as opposed to creative production (poiesis). According to Aristotle, actions are subject to moral valuation if they result from deliberate choice. Recommended Reading: F. E. Peters, Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon (NYU, 1967).

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Answer 4

poiesis means to make / praxis is a test for teachers

Answer 5

Poïesis means "to make" in ancient Greek. (creation, from poiein, to make) This word, the root of our modern "poetry", was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in the romantic sense, poïetic work reconciles thought with matter and time, and man with the world. It is often used as a suffix as in the biology terms hematopoiesis and erythropoiesis. The former being the general formation of blood cells and the latter being the formation of red blood cells specifically.

In Symposium -- a Socratic dialogue transcribed by Plato -- Diotima describes how mortals strive for immortality in relation to poieses. In all begetting and bringing forth upon the beautiful there is a kind of making/creating or poiesis. In this genesis there is a movement beyond the temporal cycle of birth and decay. "Such a movement can occur in three kinds of poiesis: (1) Natural poiesis through sexual procreation, (2) poiesis in the city through the attainment of heroic fame and finally, and (3) poiesis in the soul through the cultivation of virtue and knowledge."

Martin Heidegger refers to it as a 'bringing-forth', using this term in its widest sense. He explained poiesis as the blooming of the blossom, the coming-out of a butterfly from a cocoon, the plummeting of a waterfall when the snow begins to melt. The last two analogies underline Heidegger's example of a threshold occasion: a moment of ecstasis when something moves away from its standing as one thing to become another.

As a word, praxis can mean:

Praxis is a Latinate English noun, referring to the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice.
Praxis is a term in Eastern Orthodox theology, referring to the practice of faith, especially worship.
The following things are known as Praxis:

The Praxis is also a standardized test used in some U.S. States for teachers entering a training program and entering the profession.
Praxis is a Mumbai, India-based organization that provides offshore product development and maintenance services to clients globally. Visit http://www.PraxisTechnologies.net for more information.
Praxis is a Tempe, Arizona church affiliated with the Acts 29 network http://www.acts29network.org/index.html
Praxis is a DIY retail chain in the Netherlands; it is part of Vendex KBB.
Praxis is also the name of a Bill Laswell band/project.
Praxis is also the name of an Academic Project in Universidad del Valle de Mexico.
Praxis is a novel by Fay Weldon.
Praxis is also the name of architect's Agustín Hernandez masterpiece building in Tecamachalco, Mexico.
Praxis Care Group is a registered charity helping adults and children with: learning disabilities, mental ill health, acquired brain injury. Additionally it provides care for the elderly.[1]
Praxis (label) is a record label specializing in the breakcore genre.
Praxis is used by Marxists to refer to the unity of theory and Practice in agency and their relationship.
Praxis is also a software engineering methodology created in the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Praxis Software is a tiny British software house that doesn't make products for the masses; it focuses on complex, custom systems that need to be highly reliable. Such mission-critical systems are used to control military systems, industrial processes, and financial applications, among other things.
The Praxis is the title of a novel by Walter Jon Williams, part of the Dread Empire's Fall series.
Praxis is an alchemical treatise by Isaac Newton.
Praxis school refers to the philosophical school of thought as formulated and promoted by a group of Yugoslav marxist philosophers in the 1960's and 1970's.
PRAXIS is a Cancer Registration System used by several UK Cancer Registries
The following fictional things are known as Praxis:

In the Star Trek universe, Praxis is a moon of the planet Qo'noS.
In Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, Praxis is the name of a benevolent transnational corporation that helps the Martian colonists achieve independence. The corporation was first introduced in Green Mars, the second novel, and continues to play a major role in Blue Mars, the final book.

Answer 6

Poiesis Definition

Answer 7

Poiesis Suffix

Answer 8

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The world is where I put my feet and it supports me. The universe is where I find my mind as it unties me.

Answer 9

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