Radical Constructivism and Second order Cybernetics
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It is so common that it may be considered almost universal among second order cyberneticians, to identify second order cybernetics and radical constructivism, distinguished as opposite sides of the same coin. It is perhaps not so common that radical constructivists make this equation: they seem much more interested in the influence of radical constructivism in other subjects, especially education. However, no one should be surprised that there might be a strong similarity of some form, for two reasons.
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