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The Invented reality : how do we know what we believe we know? : contributions to constructivism / edited and with a commentary by Paul Watzlawick. - first edition.ition. - New York : Norton, (c)1984. - 347 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Translation of: Die erfundene Wirklichkeit.

An introduction to radical constructivism / On constructing a reality / The consequences of causal thinking / Self-fulfilling prophecies / On being sane in insane places / Self-reflexivity in literature : the example of Samuel Beckett's novel trilogy / Active and passive negation : an essay in Ibanskian sociology / Components of ideological "realities" / Can an inquiry into the foundations of mathematics tell us anything interesting about mind? / The creative circle: sketches on the natural history of circularity / Ernst von Glasersfeld -- Heinz von Foerster -- Rupert Riedl -- Paul Watzlawick -- David L. Rosenhan -- Rolf Breuer -- Jon Elster -- Paul Watzlawick -- Gabriel Stolzenberg -- Francisco J. Varela.



ISBN: 9780393017311

LCCN: 83006258

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8515422 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 011952341 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Reality.
Philosophy.
Perception.

Subjects--Index Terms: Reality Perception by man - Philosophical perspectives

LC Class. No.: BD331 / .I584 1984