The Social Construction of What?

Hacking, Ian

Harvard University Press, 2000

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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Ian Hacking’s book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality—especially regarding the status of the natural sciences.

ISBN-13
9780674004122
ISBN-10
0674004124
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2000
Publication date
2000-11-15
Pages
272
Dimensions
231 x 153 x 16
Weight
312