Theory and Practice An Essay in Human Intentionalities [Paperback]

I Transformations of Concepts.- I. Types of Knowing.- II. Echoing the Classical Distinctions.- III. Craftsmanship as Knowledge.- IV. Reason and Its Realization.- V. Theory, Praxis, and Speculation.- VI. History Replacing Speculation.- VII. Systems of Thought and Their Consequences.- Two Understanding and Activity.- VIII. Residues and Seeds.- IX. The Ways of the Understanding.- X. Discernment.- XI. Underivable Contents.- XII. Events and Acts.- XIII. Non-Preferential Primacy.- XIV. The Ethical Deed.- XV. The Technical Act and Technology.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.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.Springer Book Archives