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.
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 → Yan'an period → |
| author |
Mao Zedong
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| circulatedAs |
party study material
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| countryOfOrigin |
China
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| 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
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| historicalContext |
Chinese revolutionary war period
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| ideologicalOrientation |
communism
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revolutionary Marxism → |
| includedIn |
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
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| 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
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
materialist epistemology
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theory of knowledge → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Maoism
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Marxism → |
| relatedWork |
On Contradiction
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| 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 → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Mao Zedong
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notableWork |
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On New Democracy
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relatedTo |
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On Contradiction
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relatedWork |