• as an interpretive observer, I observe with the implicit - and usually unconscious - questions "What is it?", "What does it mean?" or "What is it good for?" I perceive objects that I can turn into phenomena.

  As an interpretive observer, I particularly observe observers.
   

• as a constructive observer, i.e. as a "toolmaking animal" I observe with the questions "How is it constructed?" or "How does it work?" (note 1)

  I have to take the constructive perspective willingly, because as an observer I perceive my environment - quasi natural - in an interpretative way. I consciously choose the constructive perspective if I want to understand or explain what I have perceived to be interpretative (note 2).

  In the constructive perspective, of course, I do not see observers, because I cannot construct observers. In the constructive perspective I observe systems.

Search for analogies to these perspectives!

The distinction between observer perspectives is a definite possibility. One can use other distinctions to achieve other purposes.

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