social constructivism

<epistemology> view marked by its rejection of the objectivity of truth, generally, and of scientific truth in particular. Constructivists hold that scientific laws, descriptions, and even observations are social constructs -- products or projections of human cultures or communities. As such, they are thoroughly theory laden and vary between cultures. Consequently scientific truth is neither objective nor universal. Contrast: objective truth. Compare theory laden, theory neutral.

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