Volume 4, Number 1 · 15 November 2008 < Previous Paper · Next Paper > Computing a Reality. Heinz von Foerster’s Lecture at the A.U.M Conference in 1973. Edited by Albert Müller Heinz von Foerster & Albert Müller Citation: Constructivist Foundations 4(1): 62–69 Free full text: PDF Version

Abstract

Purpose: Commenting on the transcript of a lecture. Findings: The document reconstructs the development of the original 1973 lecture by Heinz von Foerster into his best-known paper, On Constructing a Reality. Many aspects of that paper can be identified as being shaped through interaction with the audience. Implications: The lecture documented here was a forerunner of a central paper in constructivism.

Key words: Heinz von Foerster, early constructivism, American University of Masters conference, computing a reality

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