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- Dodig-Crnkovic, Gordana
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Info-computational constructivism and cognition
- 2014
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 9:2, s. 223-231
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Context: At present, we lack a common understanding of both the process of cognition in living organisms and the construction of knowledge in embodied, embedded cognizing agents in general, including future artifactual cognitive agents under development, such as cognitive robots and softbots. Purpose: This paper aims to show how the info-computational approach (IC) can reinforce constructivist ideas about the nature of cognition and knowledge and, conversely, how constructivist insights (such as that the process of cognition is the process of life) can inspire new models of computing. Method: The info-computational constructive framework is presented for the modeling of cognitive processes in cognizing agents. Parallels are drawn with other constructivist approaches to cognition and knowledge generation. We describe how cognition as a process of life itself functions based on info-computation and how the process of knowledge generation proceeds through interactions with the environment and among agents. Results: Cognition and knowledge generation in a cognizing agent is understood as interaction with the world (potential information), which by processes of natural computation becomes actual information. That actual information after integration becomes knowledge for the agent. Heinz von Foerster is identified as a precursor of natural computing, in particular bio computing. Implications: IC provides a framework for unified study of cognition in living organisms (from the simplest ones, such as bacteria, to the most complex ones) as well as in artifactual cognitive systems. Constructivist content: It supports the constructivist view that knowledge is actively constructed by cognizing agents and shared in a process of social cognition. IC argues that this process can be modeled as info-computation.
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- Dodig Crnkovic, Gordana, 1955
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The Relation between Future State Maximization and von Foerster's Ethical Imperative
- 2020
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 16:1, s. 62-64
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- I review von Foerster's (bio) computational approach to cognition in relation to foresight and hindsight, and to his Ethical Imperative. For him, ethics must remain implicit and becomes manifest through metaphysics and dialogics. Only under this condition can the relevance of Future State Maximization for the system that is modelled be established.
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- Dodig Crnkovic, Gordana, 1955
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Why we need Info-computational Constructivism
- 2014
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 9:2, s. 246-250
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The variety of commentaries to my target article has shown that IC impacts on many disciplines, from physics to biology, to cognitive science, to ethics. Given its young age, infocomputation still needs to fill in many gaps, some of which were pointed out by the commentators. My goal is both to illuminate some general topics of infocomputation, and to answer specific questions.
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- Engström, Arne, 1953-
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RC is a theory of learning, not teaching
- 2014
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - : ALEXANDER RIEGLER, CENTER LEO APOSTEL INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, KRIJGSKUNDESTRAAT 33, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. - 1782-348X. ; 9:3, s. 314-316
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The concept of "constructivist teaching" seems unattainable for two reasons: a philosophical and an empirical one. Also, Hugh Gash's survey is not so much about radical constructivism in education, but a review of different connected ideas labeled "constructivism" that have dominated the educational field.
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- Franchetto, Andrea, 1990-
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Religious Experience of Space
- 2021
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 16:3, s. 320-322
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)
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- Kjellman, Arne, et al.
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Open Peer Commentaries
- 2008
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - : ALEXANDER RIEGLER. - 1782-348X. ; 3:2, s. 65-108
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Open peer commentary on the target article "Who Conceives of Society?" by Ernst von Glasersfeld. First paragraph: Ernst von Glasersfeld sets out to explain how familiar patterns (signs) arise in private experience - and how they are extracted or " recognized" as such. These patterns are recursive, which imposes significance (familiarity) on them, and are, in the course of time, collected into a " bulk of experience." I think a convinced constructivist can - if hesitantly - accept his rendering, even though it is one that lacks the stringency one expects from a supposedly natural scientist ( 46). However, the crucial point is that this paper does not address the convinced constructivist but rather the opposite camps, and I doubt he succeeds in convincing them.
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- Kynigos, Chronis
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Describing Sustained Constructionist Activity
- 2019
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - : ALEXANDER RIEGLER. - 1782-348X. ; 14:3, s. 314-315
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Buteau, Sacristin and Muller's target article raises the pertinent issue of how to describe a sustained undergraduate course on computational thinking and programming for mathematical learning. There is so little work on this issue that it is worthwhile to reflect on this study and to raise questions regarding the options and tools available or needed to understand sustained constructionist activity. Here, I focus on questions regarding how to understand the instructor's craft knowledge in practice and what constructionist mathematical learning may look like when programming is at the service of engagement with mathematical concepts.
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- Löwgren, Jonas, 1964-
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The RTD Community and the Big Picture
- 2015
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - Brussels, Belgium : Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Research. - 1782-348X. ; 11:1, s. 28-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Research Through Design (RTD) conferences represent important steps towards more meaningful academic practices, not only within the field of research through design but potentially for many related academic fields. In order to realize this potential, I would like to take a step back and look at the RTD community in the context of a larger academic landscape.
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- Malmgren, Helge, 1945
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From Fechner, via Freud and Pavlov, to Ashby
- 2013
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 9:1, s. 104-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Focuses on the connection between W.R. Ashby and Freud, and on Ashby's criticism of mainstream psychological concepts and theories.
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- McGee, Kevin, 1960-
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Enactive Cognitive Science : Part 1, Background and Research Themes
- 2005
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 1:1, s. 19-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Enactive cognitive science is an approach to the study of mind that seeks to explain how the structures and mechanisms of autonomous cognitive systems can arise and participate in the generation and maintenance of viable perceiver-dependent worlds -- rather than more conventional cognitivist efforts, such as the attempt to explain cognition in terms of the "recovery" of (pre-given, timeless) features of The (objectively-existing and accessible) World. As such, enactive cognitive science is resonant with radical constructivism. And as with other scientific efforts conducted within a constructivist orientation, it is broadly "conventional" in its scientific methodology. That is, there is a strong emphasis on testable hypotheses, empirical observation, supportable mechanisms and models, rigorous experimental methods, acceptable criteria of validation, and the like. Nonetheless, this approach to cognitive science does also raise a number of specific questions about the scope of amenable phenomena (e.g. meaning, consciousness, etc.) -- and it also raises questions of whether such a perspective requires an expansion of what is typically considered within the purview of scientific method (e.g. the role of the observer/scientist). This paper is a brief introduction to enactive cognitive science: a description of some of the main research concerns; some examples of how such concerns have been realized in actual research; some of its research methods and proposed explanatory mechanisms and models; some of the potential as both a theoretical and applied science; and several of the major open research questions.
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- Pears, Arnold Neville, Professor, 1964-
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Developing Computational Thinking, "Fad" or "Fundamental"?
- 2019
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - : Alexander Riegler. - 1782-348X. ; 14:3, s. 410-412
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Publicised by Wing and later expanded on, computational thinking purports to be the foundation of thought for coming generations, an indispensable skill-set that compulsory education must provide. The target article uses small tasks to develop skills relevant to computational science and computing, and explores the student interaction with these tasks. Useful skills may be developed by these students, but the article does not explicitly connect these tasks to computational thinking skills or competencies. This causes the reader to ask the question: are they developing computational thinking, or some other set of computer-related skills? A more fundamental question, and one beyond the scope of the target article, is what are the skills that are ultimately unique for computational thinking?
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- Vernon, David, 1958-
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Interpreting Ashby - But which One?
- 2013
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - : Vrije Universiteit. - 1782-348X. ; 9:1, s. 111-113
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- Ziemke, Tom
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The Construction of Embodied Agency : The Other Side of the System-Environment Coin
- 2012
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - : Vrije Universiteit. - 1782-348X. ; 8:1, s. 52-53
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- > Upshot . Complementary to Alroe and Noe's discussion of constructivist notions of environment, world, etc., this commentary addresses the closely-related notion of agency in constructivist theories - in particular, the question of what would be required for artificial agency - and identifies open questions and fundamental disagreements among constructivist theorists.
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- Zlatev, Jordan
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Breaking out of the recursive loop with cognitive semiotics
- 2020
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Ingår i: Constructivist Foundations. - 1782-348X. ; 15:3, s. 283-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Gasparyan sketches a semiotic theory where world, mind and language – the latter a stand-in for all semiosis – collapse into one “recursive” whole. In contrast, cognitive semiotics differentiates life-world from subject and perception from signification, as well as between different semiotic systems, of which language is only one. Handling Editor • Alexander Riegler.
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