@inbook{Riegler46,
author = {Riegler A.},
title = {Is Glasersfeld’s constructivism a dangerous intellectual tendency?},
year = {2007},
URL = {https://constructivist.info/riegler/46},
editor = {Glanville R. and Riegler A.}
booktitle = {The importance of being Ernst}
publisher = {Echoraum}
place = {Vienna}
pages = {263--275}
}

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%A Riegler A.
%T Is Glasersfeld’s constructivism a dangerous intellectual tendency?
%D 2007
%U https://constructivist.info/riegler/46
%E Glanville R.
%E Riegler A.
%B The importance of being Ernst
%I Echoraum
%C Vienna
%P 263-275
%X Purpose: Radical Constructivism has been subject to extensive criticism and denigration such as that it is a naturalized biologism which supports an “anything goes” philosophy of arbitrarily constructed realities. In an extreme case RC is equated with intellectual silliness. These accusations are to be refuted. Approach: Based on the concept that cognition can work only with experiences, we investigate the question of where their apparent order comes from. Arguments are presented that favor the amorphousness of the “external” world. To support the idea of “internal” order we review results in formal network research. Findings: The properties of networks suggest that order arises without influence from the outside. Conclusions: RC based on network models (a) does not need any empirical support and is therefore no biologism nor naturalism, (b) forgoes arbitrariness, and (c) goes beyond narrative (armchair) philosophy.
%2 constructivism

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A1 - Riegler A.
T1 - Is Glasersfeld’s constructivism a dangerous intellectual tendency?
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AB - Purpose: Radical Constructivism has been subject to extensive criticism and denigration such as that it is a naturalized biologism which supports an “anything goes” philosophy of arbitrarily constructed realities. In an extreme case RC is equated with intellectual silliness. These accusations are to be refuted. Approach: Based on the concept that cognition can work only with experiences, we investigate the question of where their apparent order comes from. Arguments are presented that favor the amorphousness of the “external” world. To support the idea of “internal” order we review results in formal network research. Findings: The properties of networks suggest that order arises without influence from the outside. Conclusions: RC based on network models (a) does not need any empirical support and is therefore no biologism nor naturalism, (b) forgoes arbitrariness, and (c) goes beyond narrative (armchair) philosophy.
ER -

Riegler A. (2007) Is Glasersfeld’s constructivism a dangerous intellectual tendency? In: Glanville R. & Riegler A. (eds.) The importance of being Ernst. Echoraum: Vienna, pp. 263–275. Available at https://constructivist.info/riegler/46