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The Truth of Social Constructivism

  • Hans-Herbert Kögler
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Realism - Relativism - Constructivism
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Abstract

In the course of this essay I attempt to situate truth in social constructivism. I shall first discuss the post-structuralist rejection of truth as a mode of discursive power (1) to then move to the need for a coherent grounding for social constructivism (2). This will lead us to a hermeneutic position which situates the epistemic subject in the social world in which it encounters different historical and cultural perspectives (3). The methodological and ontological problems that beset social constructivism are analyzed with regard to Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis (4) and John Searle’s intentionalistic ontology of social facts (5). These problems provide evidence for the need for a conception of truth-oriented dialogue in which the other’s meaning is approached from one’s own situated perspective. The orientation towards understanding the other truthfully is here situated in the social background that undergirds all interpretive efforts. It thereby allows for the reconciliation of the interpreter’s truth claim to a justified interpretation with the equally important need to unmask pervasive power relations inherent in discursive practices.

Abstract

In the course of this essay I attempt to situate truth in social constructivism. I shall first discuss the post-structuralist rejection of truth as a mode of discursive power (1) to then move to the need for a coherent grounding for social constructivism (2). This will lead us to a hermeneutic position which situates the epistemic subject in the social world in which it encounters different historical and cultural perspectives (3). The methodological and ontological problems that beset social constructivism are analyzed with regard to Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis (4) and John Searle’s intentionalistic ontology of social facts (5). These problems provide evidence for the need for a conception of truth-oriented dialogue in which the other’s meaning is approached from one’s own situated perspective. The orientation towards understanding the other truthfully is here situated in the social background that undergirds all interpretive efforts. It thereby allows for the reconciliation of the interpreter’s truth claim to a justified interpretation with the equally important need to unmask pervasive power relations inherent in discursive practices.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Table of Contents vii
  4. 1. Constructivism and Beyond
  5. Are Philosophers′ Actions Realist or Constructivist? 3
  6. On the Non-Dualizing Rhetoric. Some Preliminary Remarks 17
  7. Ist der Konstruktivismus selbstwidersprüchlich? 31
  8. Die Wahrheitsspieler. Strategische Kommunikation als Spiel 45
  9. Who Wants to Be a Non-Dualist and Why? 59
  10. Jean Piaget und die Erfindung von Radikalem Konstruktivismus und Kybernetik Zweiter Ordnung 73
  11. Two Ways of Exploring the World 83
  12. 2. Epistemology/Epistemological Relativism
  13. The Truth of Social Constructivism 103
  14. The Objectivity of Epistemic Values and the Argument from Immersion 117
  15. Epistemological Realism, Representation, and Intentionality 129
  16. Angelina’s Truth: Genetic Knowledge, Preventive Medicine, and the Reality of the Possible 137
  17. 3. Realism versus Relativism
  18. Neither Realism nor Anti-Realism: How to approach the Anthropocene? 153
  19. Ein Bild – ohne Betrachter – hielt uns gefangen. Wittgensteins ambivalenter Abschied vom Realismus 167
  20. Relativisms and Their Opposites 187
  21. When Paul Met Ludwig: Wittgensteinian Comments on Boghossian’s Antirelativism 203
  22. Fighting Relativism: Wittgenstein and Kuhn 215
  23. Wissenschaftstheoretische Überlegungen jenseits von Realismus, Relativismus und Konstruktivismus 233
  24. Realism without Foundation 241
  25. 4. Ontology/Ontological Relativism
  26. Constructed Reality 255
  27. Ontological Relativism as Transcendental Nominalism 269
  28. Realism about Identity and Individuality of Conscious Beings 279
  29. What is the Thing Whose Measure is Money? 293
  30. 5. Values and Value Relativism
  31. Relativism about Morality 301
  32. Slavery and Justice: Williams and Wiggins 313
  33. A Plurality of True Moralities? Tracing ‘Truth’ in Moral Relativism 327
  34. Zum Wert von Vertrauen 339
  35. Die Erfindung der Sein-Sollen-Dichotomie 353
  36. Wird die Moral von uns geschaffen? 365
  37. 6. Wittgenstein
  38. The Sociology of the Supernatural: Wittgenstein’s Lecture on Ethics 381
  39. Can We Piece Together a Coherent Account of the “Person” from the Writings of Wittgenstein? 397
  40. Wittgensteins Philosophieren zwischen Kodex und Strategie: Logik, Schach und Farbausdrücke 409
  41. Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard and the Significance of Silence 425
  42. Zweifeln können und zweifeln wollen: Über Gewissheit §217–231 435
  43. Rules and Privacy: Remarks on Philosophical Investigations §202 449
  44. Index of names 459
  45. Index of subjects 465
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110524055-008

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Table of Contents vii
  4. 1. Constructivism and Beyond
  5. Are Philosophers′ Actions Realist or Constructivist? 3
  6. On the Non-Dualizing Rhetoric. Some Preliminary Remarks 17
  7. Ist der Konstruktivismus selbstwidersprüchlich? 31
  8. Die Wahrheitsspieler. Strategische Kommunikation als Spiel 45
  9. Who Wants to Be a Non-Dualist and Why? 59
  10. Jean Piaget und die Erfindung von Radikalem Konstruktivismus und Kybernetik Zweiter Ordnung 73
  11. Two Ways of Exploring the World 83
  12. 2. Epistemology/Epistemological Relativism
  13. The Truth of Social Constructivism 103
  14. The Objectivity of Epistemic Values and the Argument from Immersion 117
  15. Epistemological Realism, Representation, and Intentionality 129
  16. Angelina’s Truth: Genetic Knowledge, Preventive Medicine, and the Reality of the Possible 137
  17. 3. Realism versus Relativism
  18. Neither Realism nor Anti-Realism: How to approach the Anthropocene? 153
  19. Ein Bild – ohne Betrachter – hielt uns gefangen. Wittgensteins ambivalenter Abschied vom Realismus 167
  20. Relativisms and Their Opposites 187
  21. When Paul Met Ludwig: Wittgensteinian Comments on Boghossian’s Antirelativism 203
  22. Fighting Relativism: Wittgenstein and Kuhn 215
  23. Wissenschaftstheoretische Überlegungen jenseits von Realismus, Relativismus und Konstruktivismus 233
  24. Realism without Foundation 241
  25. 4. Ontology/Ontological Relativism
  26. Constructed Reality 255
  27. Ontological Relativism as Transcendental Nominalism 269
  28. Realism about Identity and Individuality of Conscious Beings 279
  29. What is the Thing Whose Measure is Money? 293
  30. 5. Values and Value Relativism
  31. Relativism about Morality 301
  32. Slavery and Justice: Williams and Wiggins 313
  33. A Plurality of True Moralities? Tracing ‘Truth’ in Moral Relativism 327
  34. Zum Wert von Vertrauen 339
  35. Die Erfindung der Sein-Sollen-Dichotomie 353
  36. Wird die Moral von uns geschaffen? 365
  37. 6. Wittgenstein
  38. The Sociology of the Supernatural: Wittgenstein’s Lecture on Ethics 381
  39. Can We Piece Together a Coherent Account of the “Person” from the Writings of Wittgenstein? 397
  40. Wittgensteins Philosophieren zwischen Kodex und Strategie: Logik, Schach und Farbausdrücke 409
  41. Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard and the Significance of Silence 425
  42. Zweifeln können und zweifeln wollen: Über Gewissheit §217–231 435
  43. Rules and Privacy: Remarks on Philosophical Investigations §202 449
  44. Index of names 459
  45. Index of subjects 465
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