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The Social Construction of What?

By Ian Hacking

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
067481200X, 9780674812000
LCC
BD175 .H29 1999
Google Books ID
XkCR1p2YMRwC
Open Library ID
OL383644M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2447610 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
272\272
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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.

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