Volume 18 · Number 1 · Pages 057–059
Considering Observation

Mariaelena Bartesaghi

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Abstract

Open peer commentary on the article “The Maturanian Turn: Good Prospects for the Language Sciences” by Alexander V. Kravchenko. Abstract: I put forth some considerations about observation in the context of professional vision, or self-validating claims by experts to see in a way that is objective, or superior to that of everyday observers. I do so as a way to consider how Maturana’s biology of cognition is a way of understanding languaging that I find problematic. My response is just that, for I am advancing my own understanding of observers, biology, and cognition.

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Bartesaghi M. (2022) Considering observation. Constructivist Foundations 18(1): 057–059. https://constructivist.info/18/1/057

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