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PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE VERSUS KNOWLEDGE AS PRACTICE
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE VERSUS KNOWLEDGE AS PRACTICE

Author(s): István Danka
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Slovenská Akadémia Vied - Kabinet výskumu sociálnej a biologickej komunikácie
Keywords: theory of knowledge; practical knowledge; theory of action; Anti-Cartesianism; Wittgenstein

Summary/Abstract: The main thesis of this essay is that practice is superior to a “theoretical vs. practical” distinction. In this sense, every sort of knowledge is essentially “practical”; so-called “theoretical” knowledge is an historically overemphasised borderline example of the practical. Based mostly on Wittgenstein’s view, I shall gradually refine an opposition between theoretical and practical knowledge by analysing some related dualisms on an active, processual, communicative and applicative concept of knowledge. Then I will provide some arguments as to why knowledge as a practical matter in this sense should be seen as, both logically and temporally, prior to the distinction.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 397-407
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English