Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Importance of Social Construction in Public Discourse
Social construction is the way in which some things are the result of psychosocial stuff or broadly culture rather than nature. It's not simply a biological category, it's not a natural distinction, but it's the result of our conceptual activity. We'll look at people who say there is no such thing as 'socially constructed' race on next episode.
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