Practical KnowledgeVersusKnowledge as Practice

• Authors: István Danka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

theory of knowledge; practical knowledge; theory of action; Anti-Cartesianism; Wittgenstein

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 397-407

Dates

published

2009-12-01

online

2009-12-23

Contributors

author

István Danka

• Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies, Higher Education Academy, UK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-009-0052-6