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The social construction of what? by Ian Hacking · Booklabria

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The social construction of what?

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The social construction of what?

Name: The social construction of what?
Author: Ian Hacking

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First published: 1999
Language: English
Editions: 2

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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality.

Subjects: Philosophy
Sociology
Theory of Knowledge
Social values
Knowledge
Reality

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