Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Resonance

Qing Li's presentation today on Enactivism helped clarify constructivism, objectivism in addition to introducing enactivism. The biological basis of the theory and the idea that knowledge is accumulated dependent on the context of the learner resonated with both my previous knowledge and experience. That is not to say there are not overlapping principles between enactivism and constructivism. However the idea that our reality can have a direct effect on our cerebral matter in a measurable physical manner makes the link between theroy and practice.

There are subconcious learnings we derive from encounters that we are not consciously aware of. This is manifested at times by what we refer to as "instinct" and the correct selection of an option or when an answer does appear in our minds during conversation and we are left with thte thought of "where did that come from?"

Of course I will reread Dr Li's paper and perform my own compare and contrast analysis. However, when an objectivist discipline such as medicine cannot explain certain phenomena, enactivism may be able to provide that world view.

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