Author: Ernst von Glasersfeld (deceased)

Affiliation

SRRI, Hasbrouk Lab, University of Massachusetts, USA

Short Bio

Ernst von Glasersfeld was born in Munich, 1917, of Austrian parents, and grew up in Northern Italy and Switzerland. Briefly studied mathematics in Zürich and Vienna. Returned to Italy in 1946, worked as a journalist, and collaborated until 1961 in Ceccato’s Scuola Operativa Italiana (language analysis and machine translation). From 1962 director of US-sponsored research project in computational linguistics. From 1970, he taught cognitive psychology at the University of Georgia, USA. Professor Emeritus in 1987. He held several honorary doctorates. Ernst von Glasersfeld passed away on 12 November 2010.

Constructivist Approaches

Enactive Cognitive Science · Radical Constructivism

Background Disciplines

Biography · Cognitive Science · Education Science · Epistemology · Ethics · History · Linguistics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Science

Publications in Constructivist Foundations

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Ernst von Glasersfeld & Edith K. Ackermann (2011)

Reflections on the Concept of Experience and the Role of Consciousness. Unfinished Fragments

Constructivist Foundations 6(2): 193–203

Radical Constructivism > Epistemology

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2010)

Why People Dislike Radical Constructivism

Constructivist Foundations 6(1): 19–21

Radical Constructivism > Philosophy

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2009)

Sketches from Partial Memories

Constructivist Foundations 5(1): 55-63

Radical Constructivism > Biography

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2009)

Relativism, Fascism, and the Question of Ethics in Constructivism

Constructivist Foundations 4(3): 117–120

Radical Constructivism > Ethics

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2008)

Treacherous Terms

Constructivist Foundations 4(1): 16–17

Enactive Cognitive Science > Philosophy

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2008)

Can Dichotomies Be Tamed?

Constructivist Foundations 3(3): 123–126

Radical Constructivism > Epistemology · Linguistics

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2008)

Who Conceives of Society?

Constructivist Foundations 3(2): 59–64 & 100–104

Radical Constructivism > Social Science

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2007)

A Constructivist Speculation about Parmenides

Constructivist Foundations 3(1): 27–29

Radical Constructivism > History

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2007)

Some Rash Conclusions

Constructivist Foundations 3(1): 7–8

Radical Constructivism > Epistemology · Philosophy

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2006)

You Have to Be Two to Start: Rational Thoughts About Love

Constructivist Foundations 2(1): 1–5

Radical Constructivism > Philosophy

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2006)

Review of: Holger Lindemann (2005) Konstruktivismus und Pädagogik. Grundlagen, Modelle, Wege zur Praxis. Ernst Reinhardt Verlag: Munich, Basel

Constructivist Foundations 1(3): 131

Radical Constructivism > Education Science

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2006)

A Constructivist Approach to Experiential Foundations of Mathematical Concepts Revisited

Constructivist Foundations 1(2): 61–72

Radical Constructivism > Cognitive Science · Psychology

Ernst von Glasersfeld (2005)

Thirty Years Constructivism

Constructivist Foundations 1(1): 9–12

Radical Constructivism > History

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