Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Social Construction of PTSD
Coleman: The concept of PTSD is socially constructed because we find it useful to do so ethically. It used to be called shell shock when it was in the context of war, and before that, who knows how many humans had PTSD as we would understand it today? "I might have another story that says, well, I've clarified a way of understanding the world," Coleman said.
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