Constructivist Foundations is an international triannualpeer-reviewedacademic journal that focuses onconstructivist approaches toscience andphilosophy, includingradical constructivism,enactive cognitive science,second-order cybernetics, biology ofcognition and the theory ofautopoietic systems, and non-dualizing philosophy[clarification needed]. It was established in 2005 and theeditor-in-chief is Alexander Riegler (Free University of Brussels).
The journal publishes scholarly articles with empirical, formal or conceptual content, survey articles providing an extensive overview, target articles which are openly discussed in commentaries, opinions, and book reviews. In addition to regular issues, the journal occasionally publishes special issues.
(as of November 2019)[1]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in theArts & Humanities Citation Index,Current Contents/Arts & Humanities,Philosopher's Index,PhilPapers,Scopus, andEducation Research Complete.
The inaugural issue ofConstructivist Foundations was presented at the 2005 meeting of theAmerican Society for Cybernetics.[2][3]
Originally, the articles in CF were meant to explore mainlyvon Glasersfeld'sradical constructivism. The scope expanded to include "constructivist approaches."[4]
"In very general terms, constructivist approaches can be said to support the idea that mental structures such as cognition and perception are actively built by one's mind rather than passively acquired. They emphasize the primacy of the cognitive system and its organizational closure. In the understanding of constructivism, cognition is not about creating representations of a mind-independent reality but constructing reality."[4]