Ontological and constructivist observing

Stephan Fuchs

pp. 15-33

in: René John, Jana Rückert-John, Elena Esposito (eds), Ontologien der Moderne, Berlin, Springer, 2013

Abstract

Ontology and construction are two possibilities for understanding observers and accounting for the epistemic status of their observations. "Observing" is observed here not as a passive or receptive mirroring or copying of a, or even the, world.