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Max Black (1909-1988), Azerbaijani-born British-American philosopher. His major works include The Nature of Mathematics (1933), Language and Philosophy (1949), and Problems of Analysis (1954). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of science.
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Constructivism, philosophy: the thesis that the objects of the external world, together with their properties and relations are constructed by the brain to other objects and their relations to us. Constructivist styles are differently strong in their assumptions about the existence and recognizability of an objective, independent reality. See also Autopoiesis, system theory, Luhmann, Maturana._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Black, Max | Constructivism | Black | |
Kanitscheider, Bernulf | Constructivism | Kanitscheider | |
Maturana, Humberto | Constructivism | Maturana | |
Meixner, Uwe | Constructivism | Meixner | |
Psychological Theories | Constructivism | Psychological Theories | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Constructivism | Quine | |
Russell, Bertrand | Constructivism | Russell | |
Schurz, Gerhard | Constructivism | Schurz | |
Searle, John R. | Constructivism | Searle | |
Waismann, Friedrich | Constructivism | Waismann | |
Wendt, Alexander | Constructivism | Wendt | |
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