DelMonte M. M. (2020) Does Radical Constructivism Inspire Hope or Is It Ultimately Pessimistic?. Constructivist Foundations 16(1): 019–020

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Does Radical Constructivism Inspire Hope or Is It Ultimately Pessimistic?

Michelo M. DelMonte

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Abstract

Open peer commentary on the article “Constructivism, Fast Thinking, Heuristics and Sustainable Development” by Hugh Gash. Abstract: Can radical constructivism, with its agnostic stance towards any form of mind-independent reality, offer a way forward for sustainable development? Do fast thinking and heuristics facilitate or inhibit such development? These questions are discussed in the context of constructivist psychotherapy and of human co-evolution.

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DelMonte M. M. (2020) Does radical constructivism inspire hope or is it ultimately pessimistic? Constructivist Foundations 16(1): 019–020. https://constructivist.info/16/1/019

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