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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 the 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> | ||
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==Critique== | ==Critique== | ||
Social constructivism borrows from Kantianism constructivism, however Kant believed that categorical organisation in the mind which was more naturally constructed rather than socially constructed. | |||
Some of the new left have adopted extreme social constructionist views that gender, race, [[beauty]], class, hierarchy, disability, even the scientific method, are predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]] or objectively true, seemingly largely driven by [[politically correctness|politically correct]]. A famous critic of blank slatery and political correctness is [[Steven Pinker]]. | Some of the new left have adopted extreme social constructionist views that gender, race, [[beauty]], class, hierarchy, disability, even the scientific method, are predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]] or objectively true, seemingly largely driven by [[politically correctness|politically correct]]. A famous critic of blank slatery and political correctness is [[Steven Pinker]]. | ||