Praxis is reflection and action together, the source of knowledge and creation

Evidence

The difference between animals—who (because their activity does not constitute limit-acts) cannot create products detached from themselves—and humankind—who through their action upon the world create the realm of culture and history—is that only the latter are beings of the praxis. Only human beings are praxis—the praxis which, as the reflection and action which truly transform reality, is the source of knowledge and creation. Animal activity, which occurs without a praxis, is not creative; people’s transforming activity is. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 290

Categorization

• DEFINE: The core definition the reader needs: praxis as inseparable reflection-and-action that truly transforms reality, source of knowledge and creation.
• DEEPTHINKING: This is the load-bearing concept of the whole book and the reader’s redesign — the anchoring definition everything else must come back to.