Examination of the main arguments for radical constructivism and the critical arguments put forward against it. Although there is no reason to doubt the value of constructivism as such, it can be stated that any epistemological radicalism lacks plausibility. There is ample evidence that we still can adopt a critical ...

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Ceci est l'histoire de ce que Cristina, Pierre, Philippe et Gilles ont vécu, avec leurs pairs, tous coachs, lors d'un atelier d'analyse de pratiques. Cristina souhaitait ardemment travailler sur sa situation. L'ingénierie de l'atelier s'appuyait sur les pratiques narratives. Dans cette "arène thérapeutique", comme la nomme Michael White, je ...

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Systemika (konkrétněji systemická terapie), podle mého názoru, není synonymem pro naprostou neutralitu či obojetnost ve vlastních názorech. To, že resignuje na ideu absolutní pravdy, ještě neznamená negaci autenticity.

Lesson 3 consists of two texts: an introduction to autopoietic theory by Randal Whitaker and a major text by Humberto Maturana. There are links to the important Website of Randal Whitaker on Autopoiesis, where a bibliography and suggestions for further reading may be found. At the end of this page ...

This introductory tutorial is designed to give you a brief overview of autopoietic theory -- the term I use to denote the work of Chilean biologists Humberto R. Maturana and Francisco J. Varela. The following sections each provide a summary overview of a key concept.

The term 'autopoiesis' has been invented to define life its origin is clearly biological. Its extension to other fields has been discussed, but rather unsuccessfully and on the wrong premises. The problem may well be that we use a questionable approach to the issue, 'tangling' our 'hierarchies' of investigation.

The concept of autopoiesis has long surpassed the realm of biology. It has been used in areas so diverse as sociology, psychotherapy, management, anthropology, organizational culture, and many others. This circumstance transformed it in a very important and useful instrument for the investigation of reality.

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My intent in this essay is to reflect on the history of some biological notions such as autopoiesis, structural coupling, and cognition, that I have developed since the early 1960's as a result of my work on visual perception and the organization of the living. No doubt I shall repeat ...

I remember my first clinical supervisor, many years ago, repeating over and over again, "Stay with the feelings." Later, when I took training in family therapy, another supervisor kept saying, "Stay away tfom the feelings." Today, I tell trainees, "Dont ignore the feelings."

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Rád bych se s vámi zastavil u specifického momentu terapie. Je to chvíle, kdy jsem jako terapeut v rozhovoru s klientem „na řadě“. Co já to v tu chvíli vlastně dělám? Zdá se, že ze všeho nejvíc se zabývám tím, co se děje ve mně. To znamená procházím svými nápady, ...