Arnold M. 2003. Fundamentos del Constructivismo Sociopoiético. Cinta moebio 18: 162-173

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Foundations of Sociopoietic Constructivism

Marcelo Arnold-Cathalifaud. Doctor en Ciencias Sociales (Bielefeld-Alemania), Antropólogo Social (Universidad de Chile), profesor-investigador del Departamento de Antropología de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Director del Magíster de Antropología y Desarrollo de la Universidad de Chile.

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This article presents the antecedents of the constructivist epistemology as a self-reflective mechanism of society; deals with the foundations that characterize its variant referring to the autopoiesis paradigm y sketch its projections and contributions to research through the methodology of second order observation.

Key words: epistemology, constructivism, system theory, autopoiesis, social system, second order observation.