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SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
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CONT

The historians of science, the self-styled "social constructivists" argue that there is no objectivity in science. Facts, they say, count for little or nothing, and - following the French philosopher Michel Foucault - the only thing that matters in science, as elsewhere, is power.

OBS

Compare to deconstructionists such as Derrida.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
OBS

Comparer à «déconstructioniste».

Spanish

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