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Episteme The episteme is the ‘apparatus’ which makes possible the separation, not of the true from the false, but of what may, from what may not be characterized as scientific. Technology Technology is the creation, usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization as means in order to solve a problem or serve some purpose or end. The word technology comes from Greek τεχνολογία (technología); from τέχνη (téchnē), meaning "art, skill, craft", and -λογία (-logía), meaning "study of- Phronesis Gaining phronesis requires maturation, in Aristotle's thought. Phronesis is concerned with particulars, because it is concerned with how to act in particular situations. One can learn the principles of action, but applying them in the real world, in situations one could not have foreseen, requires experience of the world. Metis Metis (Μῆτις, "wisdom," "skill," or "craft")The word mètis was also the ordinary Greek word for a quality that combined wisdom and cunning, this quality was considered to be highly admirable and was regarded by Athenians as one of the notable characteristics of the Athenian character. The question asked is “how did I do”? What did I learn in each of these areas? Well I don’t really know how you did…How do you think you did? I can only answer for me and my experience. For me this class was a great way to be introduced back to college after many years away. You definitely gave us exposure and opportunity to recognize all four of the Greek definitions of Knowledge as listed and described above. First we discussed Societies, and Social laws. We outlined (as a group) our codes… as represented in our group’s coat of Arms. These codes guided our group and myself threw the class. We had videos that enlightened and shed new ideas on these views. We discussed individual rights with class discussions. (Great) which allowed participation and an exchange of ideas. And more videos! Discussing real time news paper articles was good as it had us focus on the” now” too! Having the class form groups is a great way to apply the “Knowledge”… hopefully we have assimilated some of this knowledge and started applying it in our hypothetical Nation situation. Some of us used this to discover and learn more about ourselves, our misconceptions, our prejudice and even our strong suits which we shared with the entire class whether we realized it or not. OK now for what I reflect on looking back, first with the Social law and rights lectures… I learned about deciphering the probabilities of a situation as outlined in some of the videos at the beginning of the class, you mentioned defining and looking at the sources of a said situation, analyzing the thoughts, and with that I realized (sometimes with great regret) that my perception might have changed! Crap! (What else have I missed?) This to me is Episteme. The Technology for me was the Blogging… who would have thought… I… me … would be Blogging. I will be posting a video this evening… hours of oh crap and mistakes, bottom line you will see this video!!! Heres another oh crap!…Blogger site is down! It was honor and a pleasure to be elected group leader and hold the group and myself accountable to our code. As the group leader the first semester, I had the opportunity to exercise Phronesis by applying my lessons of the past … slow down, breath, think, partially due to my age…but also past experiences( mistakes) sometimes a big plus!!! I also got to see the younger students( new group leader) go through the wisdom process… (Reflecting on choices and decisions) very cool! As for the Metis, for me I need to be careful with this, this could be a double edged sword… As long as I am applying the wisdom and cunning for unselfish reasons, they remain valuable in a constructive sense. We got to use all these acquired disciplines in our Nation game. It is interesting that I only see a true representation of these combined disciplines upon reflecting back and mentally reliving my class experience. So Professor Ellerman… How did you do? I did Great… Thank You! Shane K. 5.13.2011