Thanks matt that looks very helpful.
mike
On 12/4/06, Matt Brown <mjb001@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> On Dec 3, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Mike Cole wrote:
> > I have been puzzling again over the constructivism/constructionism
> > distinction which has resurfaced here.
>
> Mike's message inspired me to go looking for some resources online,
> and I found a few goodies:
>
> http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
> http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/soc_construction.html
>
> Ian Hacking also has a book where he tries to untangle some of these
> issues. It's well worth the read for anyone trying to get straight
> about constructivalationism. ;)
>
> http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/hackingi/scofwhat.htm
>
> The lesson I get from the book is that it is counter-productive to
> bandy about talk about "social construction" in a generalized way,
> that there are a number of related but distinct ideas that go under
> the banner of "social construction," and that one really ought to be
> clear about how certain things are and aren't socially constructed,
> rather than speak very broadly about it.
>
> Hacking sometimes goes to far in trying to make things come out
> neatly, but it is a good first step.
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
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