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From there onward the philosophy became sillier over time and increasingly ''prescriptive'' rather than ''descriptive'', e.g. with Andrew Pickering's article on ''"Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics"''. | From there onward the philosophy became sillier over time and increasingly ''prescriptive'' rather than ''descriptive'', e.g. with Andrew Pickering's article on ''"Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics"''. | ||
Social | Social constructionism borrows from Kantianism constructionism, however Kant believed that categorical organisation in the mind which was more naturally constructed rather than socially constructed.<ref>https://philosophyterms.com/constructivism/</ref> | ||
In the time of their writing, Berger and Luckmann were not criticized as dismissing possible non-natural origins of thought, but rather ignoring them. | In the time of their writing, Berger and Luckmann were not criticized as dismissing possible non-natural origins of thought, but rather ignoring them. | ||
Social constructionism was rebranded a number of times, e.g. as '''postmodernism''', a philosophy which is extremely skeptical of overarching narratives and sometimes even intrinsic reality. | Social constructionism was rebranded a number of times, e.g. as '''postmodernism''', a philosophy which is extremely skeptical of overarching narratives and sometimes even intrinsic reality. | ||