On Practice
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"On Practice" is a philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that expounds a Marxist theory of knowledge, emphasizing the primacy of practical experience in the formation and testing of ideas.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Practice canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work by Mao Zedong ⓘ |
| argues |
knowledge originates from social practice
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practice is the criterion of truth ⓘ theory must be derived from practice ⓘ theory must be verified in practice ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese Communist Party
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Chinese Revolution ⓘ Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region ⓘ
surface form:
Yan'an period
|
| author | Mao Zedong ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | party study material ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| critiques |
dogmatism
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empiricism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
primacy of practice in knowledge
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role of practical experience in forming ideas ⓘ testing truth through practice ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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philosophical literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | essay ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Chinese revolutionary war period ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation |
communism
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revolutionary Marxism ⓘ |
| includedIn | Selected Works of Mao Zedong ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Communist ideological education
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Chinese Marxist philosophy ⓘ Maoist epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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Joseph Stalin ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
from the masses, to the masses
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process of cognition from practice to knowledge and back to practice ⓘ unity of theory and practice ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Marxist theory of knowledge
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dialectical materialism ⓘ epistemology ⓘ relationship between theory and practice ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
materialist epistemology
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theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Maoism
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Marxism ⓘ |
| relatedWork | On Contradiction ⓘ |
| states |
perceptual knowledge develops into rational knowledge
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rational knowledge must return to practice ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cadre training in Maoist China
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political education in the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
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