Why does Marxist epistemology transcend traditional epistemology?

Because Marxist epistemology is dialectical materialism, it holds that reflection is not a passive intuition of the objective world, but a process in which the subject actively and actively reproduces the essence and laws of the object on the basis of the practice of transforming the object. The reflection theory of active revolution is different from the passive reflection theory of old materialism, which opens up a new field of epistemology and promotes its development.

It applies dialectics to epistemology and emphasizes that human understanding is a deepening and dynamic dialectical development process. Dialectics of cognition is manifested in the relationship between cognition and practice. Understanding comes from practice, and then turns to guide and serve practice. In the process of understanding, people's understanding of the world is not completed at one time, but a process of repeated and infinite deepening.

Practical view of Marxist epistemology

Practice is the source of knowledge.

Cognition is obtained by people using certain tools as a means to make some changes to objective objects in practice.

2. Practice is the driving force of cognitive development.

Cognition comes from the need of practice, and the development of practice provides people with increasingly complete cognitive tools, which extend human cognitive organs and promote the development of human cognition. In addition, practice exercises and improves people's cognitive ability.

3. Practice is the only criterion to test the truth of knowledge.

To test whether an understanding correctly reflects objective things needs to be tested by combining subjective and objective practice. Through practice, people compare the knowledge that guides their own practice with the results produced by practice to test whether knowledge correctly reflects objective things.

4. Practice is the purpose and destination of cognition.

Knowledge comes from practice and finally returns to practice (guiding practice). Understanding is not an end in itself, but transforming the world is the purpose and destination of understanding.