Theory and Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Transformations of Concepts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Types of Knowing

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      Pages 3-19

   3. Echoing the Classical Distinctions

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      Pages 20-28

   4. Craftsmanship as Knowledge

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      Pages 29-38

   5. Reason and its Realization

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      Pages 39-57

   6. Theory, Praxis, and Speculation

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      Pages 58-70

   7. History Replacing Speculation

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      Pages 71-82

   8. Systems of Thought and their Consequences

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      Pages 83-96

3. Understanding and Activity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Residues and Seeds

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      Pages 99-104

   3. The Ways of the Understanding

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      Pages 105-117

   4. Discernment

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      Pages 118-129

   5. Underivable Contents

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      Pages 130-153

   6. Events and Acts

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      Pages 154-160

   7. Non-Preferential Primacy

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      Pages 161-179

   8. The Ethical Deed

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      Pages 180-205

   9. The Technical Act and Technology

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      Pages 206-232

4. Back Matter

   Pages 233-239

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• concept
• event
• history
• history of literature
• intention
• knowledge
• reason
• subject
• transformation

Nathan Rotenstreich, 1914-1993, was Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was the Rector of this University and the Vice President of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities.
Some of his well known essays are: Between Past and Present, Spirit and Man, Tradition and Reality, and Jewish Philosophy in Modern Times. Together with S.H. Bergman he translated Kant's three Critiques into Hebrew.

Policies and ethics