Reception of externalized knowledge : a constructivist model on the basis of Popper’s Three Worlds and Searle’s Collective Intentionality [translation of the title]. We present a model for knowledge reception from externalized information sources. The model is based on a cognitive understanding of information processing and refers to ideas of an exchange of information in communication processes. Popper's three-world theory with its orientation on falsifiable scientific knowledge is extended by Searle's concept of collective intentionality. This allows a consistent description of the process of externalization and reception of knowledge including everyday knowledge
