REALISM (Experiential)

Charles François (2004). REALISM (Experiential), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2736.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(2)
ID	◀ 2736 ▶
Object type	Epistemology, ontology or semantics

Within the general frame of the new field of cognitive science, G. VOLLMER, quoted by H. TOTH thus explains the basic tenets of experiential realism:

“a) a commitment to the existence of the real world

b) a recognition that reality places constraints on concepts

c) a conception of truth that goes beyond internal coherence, and

d) a commitment to the existence of stable knowledge of the world.

…Experience here is taken in a broad rather than a narrow sense. It includes everything that goes to make up actual or potential experiences of either individual organisms or communities of organisms — not merely perception, motor movement, etc., but especially the internal genetically acquired makeup of the organism and the nature of its interactions in both its physical and social environments“ (1983, p.XV — in TOTH, 1983, p.307).

These concepts are quite akin to PASK'S conversation's theory and von FOERSTER's cybernetics of 2nd order.

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