Volume 10, Number 1
November 2014
Special Issue “Second-order Science”, edited by Alexander Riegler & Karl H. Müller
Cover Art: “Dynamic Still Il” © Ricardo Chávez-Méndez, 2009 · Original Oil on Canvas 30 x 24''
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Second-Order Science: A Vast and Largely Unexplored Science Frontier
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Second-Order Science: Logic, Strategies, Methods
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Do We Need a Second-Order Science?
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Second-Order Science, Unity of Science and Methods of Research
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Second-Order Observation in Social Science: Autopoietic Foundations
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Do We also Need Second-order Mathematics?
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Second-Order Science is Enacted Constructivism
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The Promise and Prospects of Second-Order Science
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Author’s Response: Identifying a Philosophy and Methods for Second-Order Science
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Systemic-internal and Theoretical Views on Second-Order Observations
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Entropy as a Resource for Double Contingency
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On the Clarification of System Levels
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Author’s Response: Verbal Limitations of Observer-inclusion
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Second-Order Science of Interdisciplinary Research: A Polyocular Framework for Wicked Problems
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Seeking Common Ground on the Nature of Interdisciplinarity
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Beyond a “Levels View” of Science
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Ascending to the Second-Order: An Alternative Systems Take on Wicked Problems
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What is “Science”? For What Do We Need a “Polyocular Framework”?
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What Kind of Autopoietic System, If Any, Can a Perspective Actually Be?
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Authors’ Response: A Perspectivist View on the Perspectivist View of Interdisciplinary Science
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Putting Phenomenology to Work “Seriously”- Deep Brain Stimulation and Mental Disorders
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The Small Change of Non-idealistic Correlationism
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Cognitive Science and Phenomenology: A Step Towards the Epistemic Ensō
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Author’s Response: Of Roses, Serpents, and Circles: Fleshing out the Bones of Contention
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On Climate Change Research, the Crisis of Science and Second-order Science
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First Aid for Climate Research with Second-order Science
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The Social and Political Context of Science
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Authors’ Response: Communicating Second-Order Science
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Communication and Media Studies in Crisis
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Why We Need a Pragmatic View on Reality and the Media
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Beyond Criticizing Objectivism: Three Pragmatic Considerations
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Do the Media Fail to Represent Reality? It Depends
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Authors’ Response: Pragmatism and Epistemology
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Publication Review. Recent Books and Articles Related to Constructivist Approaches
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