Glasersfeld E. von (2001) The radical constructivist view of science. Special Issue “The Impact of Radical Constructivism on Science” edited by Alexander Riegler. Foundations of Science 6(1–3): 31–43. Fulltext at https://cepa.info/1536
(2001)
The radical constructivist view of science.
Special Issue “The Impact of Radical Constructivism on Science” edited by Alexander Riegler. Foundations of Science 6(1–3): 31–43.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/1536
Publication 1536
From the constructivist perspective, science cannot transcend the domain of experience. Scientific theories are seen as models that help to order and manage that domain. As the experiential field expands, models are replaced by others based on novel conceptual constructs. The paper suggests the substitution of ‘viability’ or ‘functional fit’ for the notions of Truth and objective representation of an experiencer-independent reality. This by-passes the sceptics’ incontrovertible arguments against certain real-world knowledge and proposes the Jean Piagetian conception of cognition as the function that generates ways and means for dealing with the world of experience.
Reprinted as chapter 14 in Glasersfeld E. von (2008) Key works in radical constructivism. Edited by M. Larochelle
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