This book gives a definitive theoretical account of radical constructivism., a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, language and human understanding. The chapter are: (1) "Growing up Constructivist: Languages and Thoughtful People," (2) "Unpopular Philosophical Ideas: A History in Quotations," (3) "Piaget's Constructivist Theory of Knowing," (4) "The Construction of Concepts," (5) "Reflection and Abstraction," (6) "Constructing Agents: The Self and Others," (7) "On Language, Meaning, and Communication," (8) "The Cybernetic Connection," (9) "Units, Plurality and Number," and (10) "To Encourage Students' Conceptual Constructing.
" Each chapter contains notes. (Contains 218 references.) (MKR)