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'''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'' (including social roles, common sense) and thus reality itself is | '''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'' (including social roles, common sense) and thus reality itself is ''socially constructed'' to various degrees.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref> | ||
This is, of course, an obvious insight, but hey, philosophers need jobs too! | |||
Even the RationalWiki admits that social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | |||
As such, social constructionism borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. | |||
The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref> | The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref> | ||
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Berger saw liberalism as causing a "homelessness of the mind". | Berger saw liberalism as causing a "homelessness of the mind". | ||
Berger also lamented that parents decide reality for the next generation by ''institutionalizing'' their ''arbitrary knowledge''. | Berger also lamented that parents decide reality for the next generation by ''institutionalizing'' their ''arbitrary knowledge''. | ||
There is also strong and weak social constructionism, referring to how much. | |||
Social constructionism was later more or less ''rebranded'' as '''postmodernism'''. | Social constructionism was later more or less ''rebranded'' as '''postmodernism'''. | ||