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'''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> | '''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> | ||
One distinguishes strong and weak social constructionism, referring to which extent something is merely a construct rather than objective truth. | One distinguishes strong and weak social constructionism, referring to which extent something is merely a construct rather than objective truth. | ||
Even the RationalWiki admits that social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | Even the RationalWiki admits that the social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | ||
As such, social constructionism borders '''Lockianism''' which refers to John Locke's philosophy that humans are ''blank slates'', meaning that very little is biologically predetermined. Hence, it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. It's all mindbogglingly simple concepts that one is surprised to even see entire philosophical movements to have assembled around them, but hey, that's better than [[masturbation|accomplishing nothing]]! | As such, social constructionism borders '''Lockianism''' which refers to John Locke's philosophy that humans are ''blank slates'', meaning that very little is biologically predetermined. Hence, it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. It's all mindbogglingly simple concepts that one is surprised to even see entire philosophical movements to have assembled around them, but hey, that's better than [[masturbation|accomplishing nothing]]! | ||