Alexander Riegler

List of Publications

Articles in ISI journals

1. Bunnell P. & Riegler A. (2011) Maturana across the disciplines. Constructivist Foundations 6(3): 287–292.
2. Riegler A. & Gash H. (2011) Legacy of a great thinker. Constructivist Foundations 6(2): 135–137.
3. Douven I. & Riegler A. (2010) Extending the Hegselmann-Krause model I. The Logic Journal of the IGPL 18(2): 323–335.
4. Riegler A. & Quale A. (2010) Editorial: Can radical constructivism become a mainstream endeavor? Constructivist Foundations 6(1): 1–5.
5. Riegler A. (2008)Natural or internal selection? The case of canalization in complex evolutionary systems. Artificial Life 14(3): 345–362.
6. Riegler A. & Weber S. (2008) Non-dualizing from now on? Constructivist Foundations 3(3): 120-122.
7. Riegler A. (2007) Superstition in the machine. In: Butz, M. V. et al. (eds.) Anticipatory behavior in adaptive learning systems: From brains to individual and social behavior. Lecture Notes in Arti­ficial Intelligence. Springer: New York, pp. 57–72.
8. Glanville R. & Riegler A. (2007) Editorial: Ninety years of constructing. Constructivist Foundations 2(2–3): 2–4.
9. Riegler A. (2005) Constructive memory. Kybernetes, vol. 34 (1/2): 89–104.
10. Riegler A. (2005) Act always so as to increase the number of scientific perspectives. Introduction to the Heinz von Foerster volume. Kybernetes, 34 (1/2): 6–14.
11. Riegler A. (2005) Editorial. The constructivist challenge. Constructivist Foundations 1(1): 1–8.
12. Riegler A. (2003) Whose anticipations? In: Butz M., Sigaud O. & Gerard P. (eds.) Anticipatory behavior in adaptive learning systems: foundations, theories, and systems. Lecture Notes in Arti­ficial Intelligence. Springer: New York, pp. 11–22.
13. Riegler A. (2002) When is a cognitive system embodied? Special issue on “Situated and Embodied Cognition” Cognitive Systems Research 3: 339–348.
14. Riegler A. (2001) The cognitive ratchet. The ratchet effect as a fundamental principle in evolution and cognition.Cybernetics and Systems 32 (3–4): 411–427.
15. Riegler A. (2001) Towards a radical constructivist understanding of science. Foundations of Science, special issue on “The impact of radical constructivism on science” 6(1–3): 1–30.

Articles in other peer-reviewed international journals

16. Riegler A. & Douven I. (2009) Extending the Hegselmann–Krause model III: From single beliefs to complex belief states. Episteme 6(2): 145–163.
17. Riegler A. (1998) “The end of science”: Can we overcome cognitive limitations? Evolution & Cognition 4 (1): 52–62.

Articles in other journals

18. Riegler A. (2002) A better world. Karl Jaspers Forum: An Electronic Journal for Target Articles TA40 C4.
19. Riegler A. (2000) Moving on with constructivism. Karl Jaspers Forum: An Electronic Journal for Target Articles TA24 C15.

Authored monographs

20. Riegler A. (1994) Constructivist Artificial Life: The study of phylogenetic and ontogenetic development of cognition as an enhancement for artificial life systems. Unpublished PhD thesis at Vienna University of Technology.
21. Riegler A. (1991) TKW – Plädoyer für eine technische Kognitionswissenschaft (Pleading for a technical cognitive science). Unpublished Master’s thesis at Vienna University of Technology.

Contributions in edited volumes

22. Riegler A. (2012) Reality. In: Pitasi A. & Rodriguez-Mansilla D. (eds.) Essential system science encyclopedia. Aracne, Rome [in press].
23. Riegler A. (2012) Constructivism. In: L’Abate L. (ed.) Paradigms in theory construction. Springer, New York, pp. 235–256.
24. Riegler A. (2011) Konstruierte Illusionen. Terry Winograd und Fernando Flores’ Understanding Computers and Cognition. In: Pörksen B. (ed.) Schlüsselwerke des Konstruktivismus. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbade, pp. 270–286.
25. Riegler A. (2009) The arrival of the fittest: Evolution of novelty from a cybernetic perspective. In: Wallis S. E. (ed.) Cybernetics and systems theory in management: Tools, views and advancements. IGI Global, pp. 217–228.
26. Riegler A. (2008) Wirklichkeit. In: Farzin S. & Jordan S. (eds.) Lexikon Soziologie und Sozialtheorie. Hundert Grundbegriffe. Reclam: Stuttgart, pp. 322–324.
27. Riegler A. (2008) The paradox of autonomy: The interaction between humans and autonomous cognitive artifacts. In: Dodig-Crnkovic G. & Susan Stuart S. (eds.) Computing, philosophy, and cognitive science.The nexus and the liminal. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Cambridge, pp. 292–301.
28. Riegler A. (2007) The radical constructivist dynamics of cognition. In: Wallace B. (ed.) The mind, the body and the world: Psychology after cognitivism? Imprint: London, pp. 91–115.
29. Riegler A. (2007) Is Glasersfeld’s constructivism a dangerous intellectual tendency? In: Glanville R. & Riegler A. (eds.) The importance of being Ernst. Echoraum: Vienna, pp. 263–275.
30. Riegler A. (2007) The impact of the interdisciplinary radical constructivist framework on cognitive research. In: Vanchevsky M. A. (ed.) Focus on cognitive psychology research. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY, pp. 153–170.
31. Riegler A. (2006) The goose, the fly, and the submarine navigator: The case for interdisciplinarity in artificial cognition research. In: Loula A., Gudwin R. & Queiroz J. (eds.) Artificial cognition systems. Idea Group Publishing: Hershey, PA, pp. 1–26. Reprinted in: Sugumaran, V. (ed.) (2008) Intelligent information technologies, pp. 1636–1657.
32. Riegler A. (2006) Is a closed-loop discovery system feasible? In: Magnani L. (ed.) Computing and philosophy. Associated Int. Academic Publishers: Pavia, pp. 141–149.
33. Riegler A. (2005) Der Radikale Konstruktivismus als historistische Netzwerktheorie. In: Stadler F. & Stöltner M. (eds.) Time and History: Proceedings of the 28th international Wittgenstein symposium.
34. Riegler A. (2005) Decision-making and anticipations: Why Buridani’s ass is an unlikely creature. In: Smit, I., Wallach, W. & Lasker, G. E. (eds.) Cognitive, emotive and ethical aspects of decision making in humans and in AI. Volume IV. Windsor, Canada: The International Inst. for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, pp. 35–40.
35. Riegler A. (2005) Like cats and dogs: Radical constructivism and evolutionary epistemology. In: evolutionary epistemology, language and culture: A non-adaptationist, systems theoretical approach. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 47–65.
36. Riegler A. (2005) Inclusive worldviews: Interdisciplinary research from a radical constructivist perspective. In: Aerts, D., D’Hooghe, B. & Note, N. (eds.) Worldviews, science and us: Redemarcating knowledge and its social and ethical implications. World Scientific: Singapore, pp. 20–37.
37. Riegler A. (2005) Konstruierte oder konstruierende Seele? Gedanken zum Seelebegriff aus kognitiv-konstruktivistischer Perspektive. In: Peschl, F. (ed.) Die Rolle der Seele in der Kognitionswissenschaft und der Neurowissenschaft. Auf der Suche nach dem Substrat der Seele. Königshausen und Neumann: Würzburg, pp. 215–230.
38. Riegler A. (2003) Memory ain’t no fridge: A constructivist interpretation of constructive memory In: Kokinov, B. and Hirst, W. (eds.)Constructive memory. NBU Series in Cognitive Science: Sofia, pp. 277–289.
39. Peschl, M. & Riegler A. (2001) Virtual science. virtuality and knowledge acquisition in science and cognition. In: Riegler A. et al. (eds.) Virtual reality. Peter Lang Verlag: Frankfurt/M., pp. 9–32.
40. Riegler A. (2001) The role of anticipation in cognition. In: Dubois, D. M. (ed.) Computing anticipatory systems. Proceedings of the American Institute of Physics 573, pp. 534–541.
41. Riegler A. (2000) Asymmetry of behavior and evolution. In: Trappl, R. (ed.) Cybernetics and systems 2000. Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies: Vienna, pp. 211–214.
42. Riegler A. (2000) Können wir das Problem der Echtzeitkognition lösen? In: K. Edlinger, G. Fleck & W. Feigl (eds.) Reduktion, Spiel, Kreation. Zur Problematik von Reduktionismus und Artificial Life. München: Peter Lang: Frankfurt/M, pp. 48–59.
43. Peschl, M. & Riegler A. (1999) Does representation need reality? In: Riegler A., Stein, A. v. & Peschl, M. (eds.) (1999) Understanding representation in the cognitive sciences. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Press: New York, pp. 9–17.
44. Riegler A. (1997) Ein kybernetisch-konstruktivistisches Modell der Kognition. In: Müller, A., Müller, K. H. & Stadler, F. (eds.) Konstruktivismus und Kognitionswissenschaft. Kulturelle Wurzeln und Ergebnisse. Springer: Wien, New York, pp. 75–88.
45. Riegler A. (1995) CALM – Eine konstruktivistische Kognitionsarchitektur für Artificial Life. In: Dautenhahn, K. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the workshop “Artificial Life”. GMD Studien No. 271, pp. 73–82.

Edited volumes

46. Riegler A. & Scholl A. (eds.) (2012) Luhmann’s relation to and relevance for constructivist approaches. Constructivist Foundations 8(1). [in preparation]
47. Riegler A. & Bunnell P. (eds.) (2011) The work of Humberto Maturana and its application across the sciences. Special Issue, Constructivist Foundations 6(3).
48. Gash H. & Riegler A. (eds.) (2011) Commemorative Issue for Ernst von Glasersfeld. Constructivist Foundations 6(2).
49. Riegler A. & Weber S. (eds.) (2010) Die Dritte Philosophie. Kritische Beiträge zu Josef Mitterers Dualismuskritik. Velbrück Wissenschaft: Weilerswist. (Second Edition in press.)
50. Quale A. & Riegler A. (eds.) (2010) Can radical constructivism become a mainstream endeavor? Special issue, Constructivist Foundations 6(1).
51. Riegler A. & Weber S. (eds.) (2008) Special Issue “The Non-dualizing philosophy of Josef Mitterer.” Constructivist Foundations 3(3).
52. Glanville R. & Riegler A. (eds.) (2007) Festschrift for Ernst von Glasersfeld at the occasion of his 90th birthday. Constructivist Foundations 2(2–3). Enlarged edition reprinted as: Glanville, R. & Riegler A. (eds.) The importance of being Ernst. Echoraum: Vienna.
53. Riegler A. (ed.) (2005) Heinz von Foerster. Double special issue of Kybernetes 34(1/2).
54. Riegler A. (ed.) (2001) The impact of radical constructivism on science. Part 2: Physics, reasoning and learning. Special issue of Foundations of Science 6(4).
55. Riegler A. (ed.) (2001) The impact of radical constructivism on science. Part 1: The Paradigm, biology and cognition. Special issue of Foundations of Science 6(1–3).
56. Riegler A., Peschl M., Edlinger K., Fleck G. & Feigl W. (eds.) (2001) Virtual reality. Cognitive foundations, technological issues & philosophical implications. Peter Lang Verlag: Frankfurt am Main.
57. Broeker M. & Riegler A. (eds.) (2001) Human becoming – becoming human. Festschrift for Heinz von Foerster. http://www.univie.ac.at/consructivism/HvF/festschrift/
58. Riegler A., Peschl M. & Stein A. von (eds.) (1999) Understanding representation in the cognitive sciences. New York: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Press.
59. Heylighen F., Bollen J. & Riegler A. (eds.) (1999) The evolution of complexity. Kluwer: Dordrecht.

Proceedings

60. Riegler A. & Douven, I. (2010) Extending the Hegselmann–Krause Model II. In: Czarnecki T., Kijania-Placek K., Poller O. & Wolenski J. (ed.) The Analytical Way. Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy. College Publications: London.
61. Riegler A. (2005) Cognitive systems do not pick up knowledge from the environment. In: Russell A. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of AMKLC’05, International symposium on adaptive models of knowledge, language and cognition. Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, pp. 1–7.
62. Riegler A. & Pajeva, D. A. (2004) The phenomenological-constructivist approach to interdisciplinary inquiry. In: Milutinovic V. (ed.) International conference on advances in internet, processing, systems, and interdisciplinary research. CD-ROM publication.
63. Riegler A. (2004) Turing’s choice: Human and artificial volition. In: Proceedings of the first global conference “Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Critical Issues.”
64. Riegler A. (1996) A Cognitive architecture based on Piagetian and radical constructivism. In: Schachner W. (ed.) Constructivism, interactionism and their applications.Symposium proceedings at the conference “The growing mind. Multidisciplinary approaches” Geneva, Switzerland, 14–18 September 1996.
65. Riegler A. (1994) Constructivist artificial life: The constructivist-anticipatory principle and functional coupling. In: Hopf J. (ed.) Proceedings of the 18th German conference on artificial intelligence (KI-94). Workshop on genetic algorithms within the framework of evolutionary computation. Max-Planck-Institute Report No. MPI-I-94–241, pp. 73–83.
66. Riegler A. (1994) Fuzzy interval stack schemata for sensorimotor beings. In: Gaussier P. & Nicoud J.-D. (eds.) Proceedings of the from perception to action conference (PerAc94). IEEE Computer Society Press: Los Alamitos, pp. 392–395.
67. Riegler A. (1992) Constructivist artificial life, and beyond. In: McMullin B. (ed.) Proceedings of the workshop on autopoiesis and perception. Dublin City University: Dublin, pp. 121–136.

Others

68. Riegler A. (2010) Knowledge dynamics and (radical) constructivism. Internal research report for WISDOM (Wiener Institut für sozialwiss. Dokumentation und Methodik).
69. Riegler A. (2010) Wissensdynamiken, Evolution des Wissens, Wissenslandschaften und Wissensdriften. Internal research report for WISDOM (Wiener Institut für sozialwissenschaftliche Dokumentation und Methodik), 42 pp.
70. Riegler A. (2009) Die Konstruktion des Neuen. APA Zukunft Wissen. Special Feature “Innovating Innovation: Wie kommt das Neue in die Welt?” http://www.zukunftwissen.apa.at/cms/ zukunft-wissen/superspecial_volltext.html?level=0&meldung=CMS1258629752141
71. Riegler A. (1999) Kybernetik, Artificial Life und andere merkwürdige Wissenschaften. Magazin Sacré Coeur Pressbaum 36 (June): 16.

Popular Media

Interview in Telepolis. Magazin der Netzkultur: “Wie könnten Virtual Humans so richtig smart werden? Wenn man sie ihre Realität konstruieren lässt, meint ein Kognitionsforscher” [How could virtual humans become really smart? By letting them constructing their own reality, says a cognitive scientist] by Stefan Weber, 6 September 2001. http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/9468/1.html

Review in the Austrian newspaperDer Standard 7/8 January 1995: “Künstliches Lebewesen aus dem Computer” [Artificial Creature Within Computers] by Dr. Jürgen Langenbach.

Interview in the Austrian radio program Dimensionen der Wissenschaft [Dimensions of Science] 14 April 1995. Moderation: Dr. Reinhard Schlögel.