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Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted or practiced. In Ancient Greek the word praxis (p?????) 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] 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. Praxis is used by educators to describe a recurring passage through a cyclical process of experimental learning, such as the cycle described and popularised by David A. Kolb.[2]
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