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Epistemological context :
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Darwinism
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(Eco)systemics
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Interactionism
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Piagetian constructivism
· Monism
of the cycle (circular reaction, assimilation cycle, scheme, habit,
autopoïesis and others perception-action cycles)
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Mechanism & determinism of dynamical system theory (chaos etc.)
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Embodiement
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Key
concepts :
Imitation, assimilation, attribution, causality,
assimilation cycle, circular reaction, scheme, habit, perception-action
cycle, phase locking, resonance,
intersubjectivity, empathy, sympathy, mechanism, determinism, mimetic construction
of the
agent-self, mimetic construction of reality, meaning, embodiement,
context, situated cognition, conation, learning,
failure, emotion, affect, feelings etc. |
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Selected Citations
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« Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. » Dwight D.
Eisenhower
« We
do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. » Talmud
« To
a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail » Mark Twain
« All
things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a
given time is a function of power and not truth. » Nietzsche
« There is nothing more practical than a good theory »
Kurt Lewin |
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