LEADER 02769nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910462654803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84540-470-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000358368 035 $a(EBL)1220810 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000887074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11493748 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10835893 035 $a(PQKB)11702095 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1220810 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1220810 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10721250 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL497372 035 $a(OCoLC)852757313 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000358368 100 $a20031124d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe certainty of uncertainty$b[electronic resource] $edialogues introducing constructivism /$fBernhard Poerksen ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl Koeck 210 $aExeter $cImprint Academic$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 300 $aThe German original was first published by Carl-Auer-Systeme, Heidelberg, 2001. 311 $a0-907845-81-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xiv). 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aNothing 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... 606 $aConstructivism (Philosophy) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstructivism (Philosophy) 676 $a149 700 $aPoerksen$b Bernhard$0892753 701 $aKoeck$b Alison Rosemary$0892754 701 $aKoeck$b Wolfram Karl$0892755 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462654803321 996 $aThe certainty of uncertainty$91994291 997 $aUNINA