social constructivistadj.n.
/ˌsəʊʃl kənˈstrʌktᵻvɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌsoʊʃ(ə)l kənˈstrəktᵻvɪst/ A. adj.
Of or relating to social constructivism or social constructivists; social constructionist.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > study of society > [adjective] > other branches
social-historical1858
biosociological1894
psychosociological1900
sociobiological1904
sociotechnical1920
proxemic1963
social constructionist1967
social constructivist1982
1982 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 47 p. xxiv (advt.) The problem of medical knowledge: towards a social constructivist view of medicine.
1991 P. Ernest Philos. Math. Educ. ii. 40 I shall attempt to build a novel social constructivist philosophy of mathematics on the basis of Lakatos' quasi-empiricism.
2000 Cultural Survival Q. Fall 82/3 Feminist/ecofeminist, environmentalist, bioregionalist, sociobiological, and social constructivist views about the implied or actual nature of our attachments to the land are also examined.
B. n.
A proponent or adherent of social constructivism; a social constructionist.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > other branches > one who studies or practises
social engineer1842
social historian1854
social geographer1918
sociobiologist1920
psychosociologist1921
socio-economist1927
squalorologist1957
futurologist1967
social constructivist1988
1988 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 39 413 Social constructivists argue that the dominance of theory will always guarantee that experiment will fit theory, and thus give rise to global incommensurability between theories.
1995 Sci. Amer. Feb. 18/1 Social constructivists conclude that ‘science is just another narrative and has no greater claim to authority than any other narrative’.
2001 Isis 92 577/2 These issues occupy some yet-to-be-secured territory between the extremes defined by logical positivism and social constructivists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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