02738nam 2200541 a 450 991078699810332120230617013236.01-84540-470-X(CKB)2670000000358368(EBL)1220810(SSID)ssj0000887074(PQKBManifestationID)11493748(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887074(PQKBWorkID)10835893(PQKB)11702095(MiAaPQ)EBC1220810(Au-PeEL)EBL1220810(CaPaEBR)ebr10721250(CaONFJC)MIL497372(OCoLC)852757313(EXLCZ)99267000000035836820031124d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe certainty of uncertainty[electronic resource] dialogues introducing constructivism /Bernhard Poerksen ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl KoeckExeter Imprint Academic20041 online resource (235 p.)The German original was first published by Carl-Auer-Systeme, Heidelberg, 2001.0-907845-81-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xiv).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 availableNothing 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...Constructivism (Philosophy)Constructivism (Philosophy)149Poerksen Bernhard1112336Koeck Alison Rosemary1474817Koeck Wolfram Karl1474818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786998103321The certainty of uncertainty3688686UNINA