Knowledge: making sense of experience - EvG 1990

In 1990 Ernst von Glasersfeld wrote:

• If the view is adopted that “knowledge” is the conceptual means to make sense of experience, rather than a “representation” of something that is supposed to lie beyond it, this shift of perspective brings with it an important corollary: the concepts and relations in terms of which we perceive and conceive the experiential world we live in are necessarily generated by ourselves. In this sense it is we who are responsible for the world we are experiencing.
• As I have reiterated many times, radical constructivism does not suggest that we can construct anything we like, but it does claim that within the constraints that limit our construction there is room for an infinity of alternatives. 
• It therefore does not seem untimely to suggest a theory of knowing that draws attention to the knower’s responsibility for what the knower constructs.
• An exposition of constructivism: Why some like it radical . In: R. B. Davis, C. A. Maher & N. Noddings (ed.) Monographs of the J. for Research in Mathematics Education, #4. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, pp. 19–29.

Man alone is responsible for his thinking - EvG 1984

In 1984 Ernst von Glasersfeld wrote:

• "Indeed, one need not enter very far into constructivist thought to realize that it inevitably leads to the contention that man – and man alone – is responsible for his thinking, his knowledge and, therefore, also for what he does."
• "Today, when behaviorists are still intent on pushing all responsibility into the environment, and sociobiologists are trying to place much of it into genes, a doctrine may well seem uncomfortable if it suggests that we have no one but ourselves to thank for the world in which we appear to be living. (p. 17)
  
• "An introduction to radical constructivism" , in P. Watzlawick (ed.) The invented reality. New York: Norton 1984: 17–40.

From Awareness to Free Will

E. Spittle (2005) writes about the principle of Consciousness according to Sidney Banks:

• "What was very helpful to me was seeing that Consciousness is awareness of  and how we create experience. That opened a new door of understanding for me. Being aware of experience on an external level is helpful, but being aware of how we create experience is the true gift. Here is where free will comes into play, giving us the opportunity to make choices." 
• "Then I had an insight about how it was my thinking that was creating my feelings. I became conscious of the principles in action. My ability to think created my reality; my ability to be conscious of that process allowed me to change my reality."
• from: Wisdom for Life: Three Principles for Well-being. p. 15-16.