Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted or practiced. Praxis may refer to: Praxis (process), the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice Praxis (Eastern Orthodoxy), the practice of faith, especially worship Praxis (band), a Bill Laswell musical project Praxis (moon), a planetary body in the Star Trek universe Praxis Care Group, a Northern Ireland based mental health charity. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... The word theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. ...

Origins

In Ancient Greek the word praxis (πρᾱξις) referred to activity engaged in by free men. Aristotle held that there were three basic activities of man: theoria, poiesis and praxis. There corresponded to these kinds of activity three types of knowledge: theoretical, to which the end goal was truth; poietical, to which the end goal was production; and practical, to which the end goal was action. Aristotle further divided practical knowledge into ethics, economics and politics. He also distinguished between eupraxia (good praxis) and dyspraxia (bad praxis, misfortune).^{[citation needed]} Beginning of Homers Odyssey The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage of the Greek language[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Ancient Greece. ... For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). ... Theoria is contemplation or perception of beauty, esp. ... Poïesis means “to make” in ancient Greek. ... For other uses, see Ethics (disambiguation). ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ...

Politicals

The concept of praxis is important in Marxist thought. In fact, philosophy of praxis was the name given to Marxism by 19th century socialist Antonio Labriola. Marx himself stated in his Theses on Feuerbach that "philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it." Simply put, Marx felt that philosophy's validity was in how it informed action. Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Antonio Labriola Antonio Labriola (1843-1904) was an Italian Marxist theoretician. ... The Theses on Feuerbach are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. ...

Georg Lukács held that the task of political organization is to establish professional discipline over everyday political praxis, consciously designing the form of mediation best suited to clear interactions between theory and practice. As used by Paulo Freire, "praxis" is a synthesis of theory and practice in which each informs the other. Praxis is also a dominant theme in the political philosophy of Helmut Fleisher.^[1]. Georg Lukács (April 13, 1885 – June 4, 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic in the tradition of Western Marxism. ... Paulo Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 - São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and is a highly influential theorist of education. ...

Education

Praxis is used by educators to describe a recurring passage through a cyclical process of experiential learning, such as the cycle described and popularised by David Kolb.^[2] Learning is the acquisition and development of memories and behaviors, including skills, knowledge, understanding, values, and wisdom. ... David Kolb (born 1941) is a well-known philosopher and the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Bates College in Maine. ...

Paulo Freire writes about praxis in his Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Paulo Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 - São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and is a highly influential theorist of education. ...

Spirituality

See also: Praxis (Eastern Orthodoxy)

Praxis is also key in meditation and spirituality, where emphasis is placed on gaining first-hand experience of concepts and certain areas, such as union with the Divine, which can only be explored through praxis due to the inability of the finite mind (and its tool, language) to comprehend or express the infinite. In an interview for YES! Magazine, Matthew Fox explained it this way: Praxis is the customary use of knowledge or skills, distinct from theoretical knowledge. ... For other senses of this word, see Meditation (disambiguation). ... Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. ... YES! Magazine is a non-profit, ad-free magazine that was founded in 1996. ... Matthew Fox (1940-) is a controversial American priest and theologian, and the leading exponent of Creation Spirituality. ...

Wisdom is always taste -- in both Latin and Hebrew, the word for wisdom comes from the word for taste -- so it's something to taste, not something to theorize about. "Taste and see that God is good," the psalm says; and that's wisdom: tasting life. No one can do it for us. The mystical tradition is very much a Sophia tradition. It is about tasting and trusting experience, before institution or dogma.^[3]

In fact, the Hebrew word for reason ("ta'am"), not wisdom ("chochmah"), is the same as the Hebrew word for taste ("ta'am"). Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ...

Organizations

While praxis usually refers to the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice, the strategic and organizational usage of the word emphasizes the need for a constant cycle of conceptualizing the meanings of what can be learned from experience in order to reframe strategic and operational models.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Praxis intervention
• Christian theological praxis

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Notes

1. ^ Helmut Fleisher website (in German)
2. ^ Kolb, D., david a. kolb on experiential learning, Informal Education Encyclopedia.
3. ^ Holy Impatience: an interview with Matthew Fox, YES! Magazine.

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Further reading

• Paulo Freire (1970), Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN.

Paulo Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 - São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and is a highly influential theorist of education. ... Pedagogy of the Oppressed is the most widely known of Paulo Freires works. ...

External links

• Entry for praxis at the Encyclopaedia of Informal Education.
• Praxis intervention article
• General Praxis, arts and education consultancy based in Glasgow