Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

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🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Continuing Ian Hacking’s The Social Construction of What (1999) and Peter Berger's “Religion and World Construction" (1967).

We break down Hacking's typology of construction arguments: Are they exploring where our ideas came from or trying to change things? Are they trying to state facts about nature vs. nurture or essentially political solicitations for us to reconceptualize in healthier ways? Plus, more about the supposed divide between science wars and the culture wars and Berger's picture of the nomos (custom) defining what it is for us to live a meaningful life.

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0:46.9	Hey, you're listening to the partial examin' life episode 227,
0:50.6	part two on social construction.
0:53.4	We have been talking about Peter Burgers' religion
0:56.2	and world construction.
0:57.2	The first chapter of his sacred canopy 1967
1:00.2	and the first two chapters of Ian Hacking's
1:02.7	and social construction of what?
1:04.3	1999.
1:06.0	I was thinking that one of the ways that Hacking
1:08.4	helps us get a taxonomy of different types
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