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This book gives a definitive theoretical account of radical constructivism., a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, language and human understanding. The chapter are: (1) "Growing up Constructivist: Languages and Thoughtful People," (2) "Unpopular Philosophical Ideas: A History in Quotations," (3) "Piaget's Constructivist Theory of Knowing," (4) "The Construction of Concepts," (5) "Reflection and Abstraction," (6) "Constructing Agents: The Self and Others," (7) "On Language, Meaning, and Communication," (8) "The Cybernetic Connection," (9) "Units, Plurality and Number," and (10) "To Encourage Students' Conceptual Constructing." Each chapter contains notes. (Contains 218 references.) (MKR)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert