Physique du constructivisme

Christophe Lecerf (1)

1 LAISC - Laboratoire d'informatique et des systèmes complexes

Constructivism in biological systems appears as a consequence of thermodynamics and of the theory of information. In order to prove this assertion, we establish in this paper many steps founding the study of cognitive phenomenon: the usefulness of an action as an operational criterion for survival, the equivalence between adaptation and automatic construction of operational representations, learning by reinforcement (called hebbian), and constructivism in the process of acquiring/modifying representations. Starting with premises given by thermodynamics and theory of information, we apply them to biological systems with a systemic analysis, leading us to successively deduce the physical basis of constructivism.

Mots clés: systèmes biologiques; cognition; constructivisme; thermodynamique; apprentissage

Domaines: Sciences cognitives

Christophe Lecerf. Physique du constructivisme. 2007. ⟨hal-00144721⟩