SocialConstructions

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ToDo. Introduction.

Notes for the introduction: Realism vs. constructivism, probably a unresolvable paradox. Individual construction as a scientific fact (there is no color "red" in nature, humans perceive a certain range of wavelength as red). Social constructions as historic facts.

Questions:

Is a (pure) construction possible?
How much backing by reality (or by accidental factors, authority or trust) does a construction need to evolve or to succeed?
Is the phenomenon of "memes" something real or just a a popular interpretation that can't be falsified?

Examples:

SocialConstructionOfScience -- the interpretation of science as a "pure social construction"
OpenBusiness -- a community project for construction of a SocialCommonWealth by FridemarPache
Tokyo real estate value after WWII? -- a social construction to create billions of $ for banks to work with?

Links and related pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivist_epistemology

SocialConstructions

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