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Critics use the term social constructivism as well as postmodernism to generally refer to [[Moral Relativism]], [[Lockianism|Lockian philosophy]], [[gender relativism]], and blank slatery, e.g. by [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]]. All of these terms are being used as fairly far away from the original or academic meanings of the term, except for the commonality that they tend to see nurture as more important than nature. | Critics use the term social constructivism as well as postmodernism to generally refer to [[Moral Relativism]], [[Lockianism|Lockian philosophy]], [[gender relativism]], and blank slatery, e.g. by [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]]. All of these terms are being used as fairly far away from the original or academic meanings of the term, except for the commonality that they tend to see nurture as more important than nature. | ||
Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people. | Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people, because critics see it as giving too much credence to ideas that are not rooted in reality, e.g. postmodernism tends to regard all views of reality as equally valid. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||