Praxis

PRAXIS (word)

Praxis is the process by which a theory or lesson becomes part of lived experience, such as in the scientific method. Rather than a lesson being examined at an objective level in discussion, ideas are tested and experienced in real world scenarios. Real world application is then followed by an opportunity for reflective contemplation and consideration. In this way, abstract concepts are connected with lived reality.

• The purpose of a theoretical discipline is the pursuit of truth through contemplation; its telos[1] is the attainment of knowledge for its own sake. The purpose of the productive sciences is to make something; their < i>telos is the production of some artefact. The practical disciplines are those sciences which deal with ethical and political life; their telos is practical wisdom and knowledge.* (Carr & Kemmis 1986: 32)