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Social Construction
Author(s) -
Sveinsdóttir Ásta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12265
Subject(s) - social constructionism , epistemology , sociology , realism , philosophy
What is social construction? This essay offers a survey of the various ways in which something could be socially constructed and then addresses briefly the questions whether social constructionism involves an untenable anti‐realism and what, if anything, unifies all social construction claims.