ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author outlines his developing theory and relates it to other theories of learning. He focuses on developing the theory, his understanding of learning, and learning throughout the lifetime. Since learning is an existential phenomenon, his starting point is the whole person – that is, body and mind. The author describes this process as that of the human essence emerging from the human existent, a process that continues throughout the whole of life, and that essence is moulded through interaction with the world. Fundamental to the understanding of learning is the understanding of the whole person in the social situation – it is a philosophical anthropology but also a sociology and psychology. Two theories which offer a great deal of insight into human learning are those of K. Illeris and E. Wenger. Each of them provides tremendous insights into human learning and points us beyond its own boundaries.
