Radical Constructivism¶
von Glasersfeld, E. (1995). Radical Constructivism: A Way of Knowing and Learning. Falmer Press.
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- Autopoiesis
- But this universality threatens to make the concept vacuous (too much fits the pattern; the criterion loses discriminatory power), a worry resonant with the radical-constructivist caution Glasersfeld (1995) raises about over-generalized abstractions becoming observer-imposed conveniences rather than substantive distinctions.
This sourceDevelops the radical-constructivist critique of observer-independent abstractions, cautioning against treating universally-applicable formal patterns as substrate-neutral truths rather than observer-imposed conventions.
- But this universality threatens to make the concept vacuous (too much fits the pattern; the criterion loses discriminatory power), a worry resonant with the radical-constructivist caution Glasersfeld (1995) raises about over-generalized abstractions becoming observer-imposed conveniences rather than substantive distinctions.
- Constructivist Learning
- … (Vygotsky's zone of proximal development, articulated in Mind in Society, Vygotsky 1978), cognitive apprenticeship (Bruner's scaffolding, developed in The Process of Education, Bruner 1960), and radical constructivism (von Glasersfeld's viability principle, set out in Radical Constructivism, Glasersfeld 1995),
This sourceDevelops radical constructivism and the viability principle—knowledge is judged by whether it enables effective action within the learner's experiential world rather than correspondence to an external reality (inline, Core Idea / Abstract Reasoning — link added; prior annotation about 'autopoietic theory' corrected).
- … (Vygotsky's zone of proximal development, articulated in Mind in Society, Vygotsky 1978), cognitive apprenticeship (Bruner's scaffolding, developed in The Process of Education, Bruner 1960), and radical constructivism (von Glasersfeld's viability principle, set out in Radical Constructivism, Glasersfeld 1995),
- Second-Order Cybernetics (Second-Order Observation)
- Epistemology and philosophy of science: Radical constructivism (von Glasersfeld's Radical Constructivism 1995
This sourceDevelops the radical-constructivist critique of observer-independent abstractions; cautions against treating universally-applicable formal patterns as substrate-neutral truths rather than as observer-imposed conventions, relevant to the universal-vs-domain-sensitive tension in autopoietic theory.
- Epistemology and philosophy of science: Radical constructivism (von Glasersfeld's Radical Constructivism 1995
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