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====Constructivist theory====

====Constructivist theory====

[[Constructivist epistemology|Social constructivism]] holds that truth is constructed by social processes, is historically and culturally specific, and that it is in part shaped through the power struggles within a community.  Constructivism views all of our knowledge as "constructed," because it does not reflect any external "transcendent" realities (as a pure correspondence theory might hold).  Rather, perceptions of truth are viewed as contingent on convention, human perception, and social experience. It is believed by constructivists that representations of physical and biological reality, including [[race]], [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], and [[gender]] are socially constructed. [[Giambattista Vico]] was among the first to claim that history and culture were man-made. Vico's [[epistemology|epistemological]] orientation gathers the most diverse rays and unfolds in one axiom--''verum ipsum factum''--"truth itself is constructed." [[Hegel]], Garns, and [[Marx]] were among the other early proponents of the premise that truth is socially constructed.

[[Constructivist epistemology|Social constructivism]] holds that truth is constructed by social processes, is historically and culturally specific, and that it is in part shaped through the power struggles within a community.  Constructivism views all of our knowledge as "constructed," because it does not reflect any external "transcendent" realities (as a pure correspondence theory might hold).  Rather, perceptions of truth are viewed as contingent on convention, human perception, and social experience. It is believed by constructivists that representations of physical and biological reality, including [[race]], [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], and [[gender]] are socially constructed. [[Giambattista Vico]] was among the first to claim that history and culture were man-made. Vico's [[epistemology|epistemological]] orientation gathers the most diverse rays and unfolds in one axiom--''verum ipsum factum''--"truth itself is constructed." [[Hegel]], Garns, and [[Marx]] were among the other early proponents of the premise that truth is socially constructed.