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Všechno, co o systemice opravdu potřebuju znát, jsem se sice nenaučil ve školce, ale v mnohém je to tak prosté, jako by to ze školky bylo. Během posledních asi 25 let se mi tenhle styl uvažování a práce s klienty stal vlastní. V naivních začátcích a prvotním nadšení jsme začali ...

| SOFT

The author presents the elements of the postmodern perspective present in contemporary psychotherapy. Moreover, he indicates the usefulness of some therapeutic techniques, mirroring the tendencies represAccording to R. A. Neimeyer (2000) and Botella and Herrero (2000), an integrative bridge between cognitive constructivist and social constructionist approaches to therapy might be ...

In Radical Constructivism (RC) (Glasersfeld 1991) we judge our understanding by what can be accomplished using that understand- ing. Realists do not understand the notion that RC is not about “truth,” but about fit to experience. In this article, we look at evidence in educational settings. While the evidence will ...

The Australian Aborigines' environmental culture and the "double bind" approach used in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous are considered as a source for the generation of a new strategy for dealing with the ecological problems of our day. The strategy aims at achieving a negotiated outcome in issues of high ...

Trvalo nějakou dobu, než jsem se dostal k tomu, abych si Třeštíkovu knížku přečetl. Připadl jsem na ni díky několika na sebe navazujícím ohlasům a citacím, na něž jsem porůznu narazil a které prozrazovaly, že úvahy, v této knížce obsažené, budou určitě kontroverzní. Nejsem historik, takže jsem jen pozvolna zaznamenával, ...

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 ...

| univie

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.

| Oikos

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 ...