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"This book is so rich with insights, sparkling dialogue, and wisdom that one would love to distribute it like a leaflet around town."Sudwestrundfunk (German radio station)"The intellectual dance that the two dare to dance is intelligent, light, humorous, and enchanting."Suddeutsche Zeitung (German daily)"I recommend this book not only to the cybernetics and systems community, but to anyone."Ranulph Glanville, Cybernetics and Human Knowing"Easy and enjoyable to read, without loss of scientific and philosophical depth and rigor. The reader will find the book difficult to put down."Bernd R. Hornung, Journal of SociocyberneticsConversations for skepticsHow real is reality? Are our images of the world mere inventions or do they correspond to an external reality? Is it possible to know the truth?These are some of the questions that are discussed in this book by physicist and philosopher Heinz von Foerster and media studies scholar Bernhard Poerksen. Together they explore the limits of our cognitive capacities; they debate the apparent objectivity of our sensual perception and the consequences of "truth terrorism"; and they talk about the relationship between knowledge and ethics, sight and insight.The authors:Heinz von Foerster (19112002) completed his studies of physics in Vienna and worked at different research labs before emigrating to the United States in 1949. In 1957, at the University of Illinois, he established the Biological Computer Lab (BCL) the cradle of the epistemology that would later cause a stir under the label of "constructivism." The focus was on analyzing the logical and methodological problems that in evitably arise when one seeks to know knowledge. He is the author of numerous books, including Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition.Bernhard Poerksen is professor of media studies at the University of Tubingen with a particular research interest in the new media age. His books about systemic thinking have been translated into many languages. In 2008 he was voted "Professor of the Year" in honor of his teaching. His most recent book publications in English include From Being to Doing: The Origins of the Biology of Cognition (with Humberto Maturana), The Unleashed Scandal: The End of Control in the Digital Age (with Hanne Detel), and Digital Fever: Taming the Big Business of Disinformation.

Este libro es una propuesta de doble naturaleza, pedagógica y filosófica en simultáneo, que presenta dinámicas de trabajo susceptibles de ser llevadas a cabo tanto en un aula de educación formal como fuera de ella, en un ambito informal. Filosofia: un viaje dentro del aula ordena su desarrollo a partir de praxis filosoficas. A diferencia de otros textos que presentan la filosofia segun sus temas insoslayables, sus disciplinas clasicas o sus problemas recurrentes, este volumen propone un abordaje del filosofar centrado en las acciones que le dan forma: preguntar, argumentar, dialogar, comprender, analizar, transformar y, por supuesto, filosofar.Este libro es, ademas, un objeto interactivo: brinda no solo textos sino tambien dinamicas de trabajo (secuencias pedagogicas) que apuntan a propiciar la experiencia viva y vivida de lo filosofico en estudiantes, docentes y publico en general. Es, de alguna manera, la invitacion a un punto de encuentro entre quienes nos dedicamos profesionalmente a la filosofia y las/los estudiantes que llegan al nivel superior con deseos de adentrarse en este viaje. Sus autores y coordinadoras son docentes e investigadores en universidades nacionales y organismos publicos de Argentina. Por eso, cada capitulo cuenta con un bagaje teorico de peso presentado, sin embargo, mediante un lenguaje afable y comprensible, atravesado por el deseo de abrir/abolir las fronteras y emprender una travesia filosofica con quien quiera leerlo.