2017/11/24 by Ottermann, Ralf
#Ethik #Kommunikation #Konstruktivismus #Kultur #Objektivität #Verantwortung #Wahrnehmung #communication #constructivism #culture #ethics #objectivity #perception #responsibility
paper · doi:10.12759/hsr.31.2006.3.211-244
The world, as we perceive it, is our own invention,so we always invent and never discover realities. Thismain thesis is grounded on neurophysiological research. Buthow radical then is FOERSTER’s constructivism "really"? Is it not also an empirical as well as a social constructivismplus some realism in it, too? And what shall we do withsuch academic questions if "the way in which a question isasked determines the way in which an answer may befound"? The physicist and philosopher Heinz von FOERSTERand the journalist and communication scientist BernhardPÖRKSEN talk about the sensual perception of humanbeings and the borders of our capacity for knowledge,communication and understanding. They debate about truth,objectivity and responsibility and discuss the connectionsbetween knowledge, ethics and practice. I have been enrichedof some of the aphorisms, anecdotes and aporias,still, I am not able to answer the questions asked above conclusively.The book is interesting for people who love sophisticconversations, but it is not very helpful for qualitativesocial research.