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Praxis (other)
Praxis may refer to: Philosophy and religion *Praxis (process), the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practised, embodied, or realised *Models of Contextual Theology#Praxis model, Praxis model, a way of doing theology * Praxis (Byzantine Rite), the practice of faith, especially worship * Christian theological praxis, the practice of the Gospel in the world * Praxis School, a Marxist humanist philosophical movement * Praxis (British philosophy journal), ''Praxis'' (British philosophy journal), a journal of philosophy published by the University of Manchester * Praxis (Yugoslav philosophy journal), ''Praxis'' (Yugoslav philosophy journal), a journal of philosophy published by Praxis School ** ''Praxis School#The aftermath, Praxis International'', the continuation of ''Praxis'' and predecessor of ''Constellations'' * ''Praxis: Journal of Gender and Cultural Critiques'' Organizations and business * Praxis (store), a Dutch chain of hardware stores * Altran Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praxis (process)
Praxis (from grc, πρᾶξις, translit=praxis) is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practising ideas. This has been a recurrent topic in the field of philosophy, discussed in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Francis Bacon, Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, Ludwig von Mises, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Paulo Freire, Murray Rothbard, and many others. It has meaning in the political, educational, spiritual and medical realms. Origins In Ancient Greek the word praxis (πρᾶξις) referred to activity engaged in by free people. The philosopher Aristotle held that there were three basic activities of humans: ''theoria'' (thinking), ''poiesis'' (making), and ''praxis'' (doing). Corresponding to these activities were three types of knowledge: theoretical, the end goal being truth; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
