chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Constructivism and A Theory of Justice -- chapter 3 The constructivism of Political Liberalism -- chapter 4 Primary constructivism and O'Neill -- chapter 5 Reasoning practically: A constructivist understanding of practical reasoning -- chapter 6 Making practice reasonable: Political constructivism.
This volume addresses both Alexander Wendt's social theory and international relations theory, exploring a variety of constructivist debates without reducing constructivism to one single position.
Preliminary Material -- What is Science? -- The Role of Technology and Mathematics -- Constructivism – A Theory of Learning and Knowing -- Reality, Truth and Viability -- The Metaphor of Truth -- The Story of Science -- The Game of Prediction and Retrodiction -- Towards a Radical-Constructivist Philosophy of Physics -- Ontological Aspects of Radical Constructivism -- The What and Why of Science Education -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Preliminary Material /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Learning as constructive activity /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Reconstructing the concept of knowledge /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Facts and the self from a constructivist point of view /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Signs, communication, and language /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- How do we mean? /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- On the concept of interpretation /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Piaget and the radical constructivist epistemology /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Aspects of constructivism /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The end of a grand illusion /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The simplicity complex /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The logic of scientific fallibility /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The incommensurability of science and poetic wisdom /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Farewell to objectivity /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The radical constructivist view of science /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Cybernetics and the theory of knowledge /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Notes on the concept of change /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Abstraction, re-presentation, and reflection /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Representation and deduction /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- A constructivist approach to experiential foundations of mathematical concepts /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe .