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Agmon E., Gates A. J., Churavy V. & Beer R. D. (2016) Exploring the space of viable configurations in a model of metabolism–boundary co-construction. Artificial Life 22(2): 153–171.
Agmon E.
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Gates A. J.
,
Churavy V.
&
Beer R. D.
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2016
)
Exploring the space of viable configurations in a model of metabolism–boundary co-construction
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Artificial Life
22(2): 153–171.
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We introduce a spatial model of concentration dynamics that supports the emergence of spatiotemporal inhomogeneities that engage in metabolism–boundary co-construction. These configurations exhibit disintegration following some perturbations, and self-repair in response to others. We define robustness as a viable configuration’s tendency to return to its prior configuration in response to perturbations, and plasticity as a viable configuration’s tendency to change to other viable configurations. These properties are demonstrated and quantified in the model, allowing us to map a space of viable configurations and their possible transitions. Combining robustness and plasticity provides a measure of viability as the average expected survival time under ongoing perturbation, and allows us to measure how viability is affected as the configuration undergoes transitions. The framework introduced here is independent of the specific model we used, and is applicable for quantifying robustness, plasticity, and viability in any computational model of artificial life that demonstrates the conditions for viability that we promote.
Key words:
autopoiesis
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viability
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robustness
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plasticity
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spatial dynamical system
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metabolism
Akpan J. P. & Beard L. A. (2016) Using constructivist teaching strategies to enhance academic outcomes of students with special needs. Universal Journal of Educational Research 4(2): 392–398. https://cepa.info/4701
Akpan J. P.
&
Beard L. A.
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2016
)
Using constructivist teaching strategies to enhance academic outcomes of students with special needs
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Universal Journal of Educational Research
4(2): 392–398.
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Over the past decades many teaching strategies have been proposed by various educators to improve education of all students including students with special needs. No single one of these proposed teaching strategies meets the needs of all students. The new Every Student Succeeds Act, successor to No Child Left behind Law, which transfers oversight from federal level back to states, could be a benefactor for constructivism and special education. Educators are also optimistic that the new Every Student Succeeds Act will be better for vulnerable students in special education because it will introduce more flexibility in how individual states carry out evaluation of students and teachers. In addition, it will provide more flexibility on testing and adapt the curriculum to student’s needs. It would further reduce time and energy for students preparing for standardized tests or statewide exams. It will also end “Adequate Yearly Progress” – a measure that required schools to show test score gains. Constructivist teaching philosophy is all about accepting student autonomy where student thinking drives the lessons, where dialogue, inquiry, and puzzlement are valued and assessing student learning is in the context of teaching. It helps teachers to draw on new ideas as they make decisions about which teaching techniques are most appropriate for all students to learn. Now is the time to revisit the great debate of constructivism versus teacher-centered instruction and special education. Time has come to effectively explore our educational system and examine the core unit of the whole enterprise, the textbook, the classroom, a setting that is often dominated by teacher talk and students listen.
Key words:
constructivist teaching strategies
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student with special needs
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academic outcomes
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students with learning disabilities
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positive learning
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policy makers
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indirect instruction
,
every student succeeds act.
Alksnis N. (2016) Review of Radicalizing Enactivism by Daniel D. Hutto and Erik Myin. Philosophy in Review 36(3): 118–120. https://cepa.info/6257
Alksnis N.
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2016
)
Review of Radicalizing Enactivism by Daniel D. Hutto and Erik Myin
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Philosophy in Review
36(3): 118–120.
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In Radicalizing Enactivism (RE), Hutto and Myin present compelling arguments for why basic minds do not have content. In particular, they introduce the Hard Problem of Content (HPC), which states that ‘informational content is incompatible with explanatory naturalism’ (xv). By reviewing a range of theories, the pair demonstrate the futility of attempts to distinguish content from covariance (content is information within a system, whereas a covariant system can be explained purely by way of causal interactions).
Alroe H. F. (2016) Three Levels of Semiosis: Three Kinds of Kinds. Cybernetics & Human Knowing 23(2): 23–38. https://cepa.info/3353
Alroe H. F.
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2016
)
Three Levels of Semiosis: Three Kinds of Kinds
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Cybernetics & Human Knowing
23(2): 23–38.
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In philosophy, there is an as yet unresolved discussion on whether there are different kinds of kinds and what those kinds are. In particular, there is a distinction between indifferent kinds, which are unaffected by observation and representation, and interactive kinds, which respond to being studied in ways that alter the very kinds under study. This is in essence a discussion on ontologies and, I argue, more precisely about ontological levels. The discussion of kinds of kinds can be resolved by using a semiotic approach to ontological levels, building on the key semiotic concept of representation. There are three, and only three, levels of semiosis: nonor protosemiotic processes without representation, such as physical or causal processes, semiotic processes with representation, such as the processes of life and cognition, and second-order semiotic processes with representation of representation, such as self-awareness and self-reflexive communication. This leads to the distinction between not two, but three kinds of kinds: indifferent, adaptive and reflexive kinds, of which the last two hitherto have not been clearly distinguished.
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Peirce
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biosemiotics
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constructivist
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natural kinds
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ontological levels
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representation
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second-order cybernetics
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semiotic levels
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semiotic thresholds
Álvarez-Vázquez J. Y. (2016) Animated machines, organic souls: Maturana and Aristotle on the nature of life. International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences 3(1): 67–78. https://cepa.info/7842
Álvarez-Vázquez J. Y.
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2016
)
Animated machines, organic souls: Maturana and Aristotle on the nature of life
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International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences
3(1): 67–78.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/7842
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The emergence of mind is a central issue in cognitive philosophy. The main working assumption of the present paper is that several important insights in answering this question might be provided by the nature of life itself. It is in this line of thinking that this paper compares two major philosophical conceptualizations of the living in the history of theoretical biology, namely those of Maturana and Aristotle. The present paper shows how both thinkers describe the most fundamental properties of the living as autonomous sustenance. The paper also shows how these theoretical insights might have a consequence upon our understanding of a specific constructiveness of human cognition, here referred to as enarrativity, if this can be considered in a structural as well as evolutionary connection with the structure of life as such. The paper finally suggests that the structural connection made here can be traced from the fundamental organization of self-preservation to survival behaviors to constructive orientation and action.
Key words:
autopoiesis
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soul
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system theory
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organism
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cognitive philosophy
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enarrativity
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theoretical biology.
Annansingh F. & Howell K. (2016) Using phenomenological constructivism (PC) to discuss a mixed method approach in information systems research. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods 14(1): 39–49. https://cepa.info/4777
Annansingh F.
&
Howell K.
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2016
)
Using phenomenological constructivism (PC) to discuss a mixed method approach in information systems research
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Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods
14(1): 39–49.
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This paper used phenomenological constructivism to demonstrate and evaluate a mixed method approach for conducting information systems research. It evaluated the implementation and implications of mixed methods approach as an exploratory and inductive research method. A case study which made use of indepth interviews was used to provide the dominant qualitative (QUAL) method. Following this, a questionnaire survey was used to provide the results for the less dominant method which is the quantitative (QUAN) data. The mixed method approach was adopted to enhance the completeness and accuracy of the interpretation of the study. It provided a number of recommendations for the use of mixed methods approach for IS projects.
Key words:
case study
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information systems
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mixed methods
,
phenomenological constructivism.
Arnold-Cathalifaud M. & Thumala-Dockendorff D. (2016) To What Extent Can Second-Order Cybernetics Be a Foundation for Psychology? Constructivist Foundations 11(3): 520–521. https://cepa.info/2864
Arnold-Cathalifaud M.
&
Thumala-Dockendorff D.
(
2016
)
To What Extent Can Second-Order Cybernetics Be a Foundation for Psychology?
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Constructivist Foundations
11(3): 520–521.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/2864
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Open peer commentary on the article “Cybernetic Foundations for Psychology” by Bernard Scott.
Upshot:
Scott’s proposal is well-founded and opens interesting possibilities. We selected some critical aspects of his argumentation and discuss them in the context of the constructivist perspective. We highlight as Scott’s “blind spot” his statement - presented without further argument - of the need for a conceptual and theoretical unification of psychology from the perspective of second-order cybernetics. We find this especially worrisome as it is based on only one version of cybernetics.
Arsalidou M. & Pascual-Leone J. (2016) Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience. npj Science of Learning 1: 16016. https://cepa.info/7899
Arsalidou M.
&
Pascual-Leone J.
(
2016
)
Constructivist developmental theory is needed in developmental neuroscience
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npj Science of Learning
1: 16016.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/7899
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Neuroscience techniques provide an open window previously unavailable to the origin of thoughts and actions in children. Developmental cognitive neuroscience is booming, and knowledge from human brain mapping is finding its way into education and pediatric practice. Promises of application in developmental cognitive neuroscience rests however on better theory-guided data interpretation. Massive amounts of neuroimaging data from children are being processed, yet published studies often do not frame their work within developmental models – in detriment, we believe, to progress in this field. Here we describe some core challenges in interpreting the data from developmental cognitive neuroscience, and advocate the use of constructivist developmental theories of human cognition with a neuroscience interpretation.
Aru J., Rutiku R., Wibral M., Singer W. & Melloni L. (2016) Early effects of previous experience on conscious perception. Neuroscience of Consciousness 1: 1–10.
Aru J.
,
Rutiku R.
,
Wibral M.
,
Singer W.
&
Melloni L.
(
2016
)
Early effects of previous experience on conscious perception
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Neuroscience of Consciousness
1: 1–10.
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Constructive theories of brain function such as predictive coding posit that prior knowledge affects our experience of the world quickly and directly. However, it is yet unknown how swiftly prior knowledge impacts the neural processes giving rise to conscious experience. Here we used an experimental paradigm where prior knowledge augmented perception and measured the timing of this effect with magnetoencephalography (MEG). By correlating the perceptual benefits of prior knowledge with the MEG activity, we found that prior knowledge took effect in the time-window 80–95ms after stimulus onset, thus reflecting an early influence on conscious perception. The sources of this effect were localized to occipital and posterior parietal regions. These results are in line with the predictive coding framework.
Key words:
predictive coding
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contents of consciousness
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meg
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prior knowledge
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conscious perception
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cognitive penetrability
Ataria Y. (2016) On the Too Often Overlooked Complexity of the Tension between Subject and Object. Constructivist Foundations 11(3): 550–552. https://cepa.info/2872
Ataria Y.
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2016
)
On the Too Often Overlooked Complexity of the Tension between Subject and Object
.
Constructivist Foundations
11(3): 550–552.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/2872
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Open peer commentary on the article “Consciousness as Self-Description in Differences” by Diana Gasparyan.
Upshot:
Gasparyan’s article ignores the inherent tension of being a human who is both a subject and an object at the same time. Any theory of consciousness must include both of these dimensions.
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