Volume 18 · Number 1 ·
Pages 15–18
A Radical Epistemological Severance
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Abstract
Open peer commentary on the article “The Organization of the Living: Maturana’s Key Insights” by Fritjof Capra. Abstract: Given that there are many implications of Maturana’s approach that still need elaborating, I draw attention to the radical quality of his theorizing and to his endeavors to outmanoeuvre the language of realism.
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Kenny V. (2022) A radical epistemological severance. Constructivist Foundations 18(1): 15–18. https://constructivist.info/18/1/015 Copy Citation
Kenny V. (2022) A radical epistemological severance. Constructivist Foundations 18(1): 15–18. https://constructivist.info/18/1/015
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