The impact of the interdisciplinary radical constructivist framework on cognitive research (2007)
Alexander Riegler
In: Vanchevsky, M. A. (ed.) Focus on cognitive psychology research. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY, pp. 153-170
The term “radical constructivism” (RC) was introduced in the 1970s by E. von Glasersfeld based on his interpretation of J. Piaget’s work of cognitive development and S. Ceccato’s operational semantics. Later, it was merged with biological-cybernetic concepts that had been developed in the 1960s, including H. von Foerster’s work on second order cybernetics, and with H. Maturana and F. Varela’s theory of autopoietic systems, which is based on the concept of closure. Since the 1990s RC has become a successful paradigm in pedagogy in the US and in media and literature science in Germany. However, despite the fact that RC draws on an individual-based perspective of knowledge acquisition and rational behavior, its impact on cognitive psychology (CP) has remained slight so far. The present article discusses the applicability of RC to CP. It first points out the common ground between RC and CP. Then the article develops the basic assumptions of RC, including (1) the concept of organizational closure of the cognitive apparatus, which agrees with both biological findings and formal considerations; and (2) the methodological implications for both cognitive models and experimental setups that follow from the endogenous information-producing perspective. Furthermore, the article explores core concepts of CP from the perspective of RC including the information-processing paradigm, hypothesizing internal mental states, and the functioning and purpose of memory. The conclusion summarizes the arguments and assesses their value.
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Riegler A. (2007) The impact of the interdisciplinary radical constructivist framework on cognitive research. In: Vanchevsky, M. A. (ed.) Focus on cognitive psychology research. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY, pp. 153–170. Available at https://constructivist.info/riegler/43