The distinction between theory as a consistent linguistic or symbolic system of ordered statements about a par-¶ ticular subject area or phenomenal domain and practice (praxis) as technical action to produce quantifiable phenomena in an experiment, or at least observation against the background of a theory, is fundamental to the modern natural sciences, although the precise definition o…
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Linde, Gesche,
Figal, Günter,
Westhelle, Vítor,
Herms, Eilert and
Meyer-Blanck, Michael,
“Theory and Praxis”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_025109>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013