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Reality as a construct: outline of a pragmatic constructivist perspective

Author(s) -

Lennart Nørreklit

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

proceedings of pragmatic constructivism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2246-2821

DOI - 10.7146/propracon.v3i2.18775

Subject(s) - objectivism , constructivism (international relations) , subjectivism , epistemology , construct (python library) , perspective (graphical) , contradiction , realism , constructivist teaching methods , materialism , sociology , philosophy , mathematics , computer science , teaching method , pedagogy , political science , international relations , geometry , politics , law , programming language

Consider the idea that reality is a construct. Are constructivist and realist perspectives not incompatible? Well, they are often construed as more or less incompatible and competing perspectives: Constructivism being mainly considered a subjectivist and idealistic perspective while the opposite perspective, realism, is considered an objectivist or materialist perspective. However, the ordinary usage of the terms ‘reality’ and ‘construction’ discloses no contradiction but a group of nicely interrelated concepts.

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