Productive Imagination, Schematism, Techne

Kant does not merely systematize the cognitive operations from the two main traditions of the previous era, he discovers one that is hitherto unknown--Productive Imagination.  In contrast with Reproductive Imagination, which copies Sense-Experience, Productive Imagination is the source of Schematism, which, in accordance with Concepts, delineates objects in advance of actual experience, a process that he characterizes variously as a "method", a "procedure", and an "art".  Now, in the relevant passages, his concern is the contribution of Schematism to Cognition.  But, it is, thus, analogously ingredient in Action, i. e. in which what it delineates in advance is motions in accordance with Concepts.  Thus, it is an essential factor in mundane operations such as following a set of instructions, as well as, more generally, in Techne.  On the other hand, it seems to be not a factor at all in Contemplation, which Aristotle conceives as immediate and intuitive.  Thus, Techne cannot be derived from Contemplation, which leaves Aristotle's judgment that it is inferior to the latter problematic, i. e. he therefore cannot argue that Techne is an degenerated mode of Contemplation.