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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786998103321

Autore

Poerksen Bernhard

Titolo

The certainty of uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues introducing constructivism / / Bernhard Poerksen ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl Koeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2004

ISBN

1-84540-470-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KoeckAlison Rosemary

KoeckWolfram Karl

Disciplina

149

Soggetti

Constructivism (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The German original was first published by Carl-Auer-Systeme, Heidelberg, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xiv).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface: The circular view of the world; Body matter; 1: At each and every moment, I can decide who I am; 2: We can never know what goes on in somebody else's head; 3: The knowledge of knowledge entails responsibility; 4: Truth is what works; 5: We are constructs ourselves; 6: We can never start from scratch; 7: The freedom to venture into the unknown; 8: Reality: we can only know what it is not; Back matter; About the Author; Also available

Sommario/riassunto

Nothing that can be said is independent of us. Whatever can be said is coloured by our dreams and aspirations, by the way our brain works, by human nature and human culture. Whoever claims to know or to observe is - according to the central constructivist assumption - inescapably biased.This book presents the views of the founders of constructivism and modern systems theory, who are still providing stimulating cues for international scientific debate. The conversations of Heinz von Foerste...