1.
OWN WORLD. Although we share the same environment, each
of us lives in his own world (thank you A.
Schopenhauer).
2.
COPERNICAN REVOLUTION. In this own world, that
every human being constructs for her/himself, the objects conform to her/his
knowing (thank you I. Kant).
3.
OPERATIONS. For constructing you need
operands, operations and schemata (thank you S. Ceccato): together they form a faculty of mental constructs, not
a faculty of representations.
4.
AUTOPOIESIS. This faculty of mental
constructs works in an autopoietic way (thank you H. Maturana): the outcomes of constructing extend that same
faculty, which constructed them (outcome-function dualism).
5.
SELF-ORGANIZATION. In this way, in the course
of doing, a self-organizing, intelligent system comes into being (thank you J. Piaget), a whole of compared and
connected mental constructs (thank you I.
Kant).
6.
VIABILITY. In this system priority belongs to viable
mental constructs, i.e. those which stand the test of doing (thank you E. von Glasersfeld).
7. INNER WORLD. Hence, this own world, is an inner world, made of mentally constructed
objects, events, human beings, relationships, social interactions, etc.: all
things that each of us constructs by her/himself.
8.
OUTER WORLD. The outer world (physical
world) provides material for the construction of mental constructs and is used
as environment for testing their viability.
9.
EXPERIENCE. From the coupled control
of the outer and inner world (controlled processes) by means of thinking
(control unit) arises experience.
10.
KNOWLEDGE. The own world in which each of us lives, is
hence primarily an experiential world (thank you E. von Glasersfeld) and knowledge is the logic of this experience.
11.
RESPONSIBILITY. Consequently, the
responsibility for knowledge, belongs to the bearer of experience (thank you H. von Förster).
Marco Bettoni
Basel, 26. Oktober 2018
