social construction

is a way to describe how the typifications of actors interacting becomes institutionalized.

The central concept of Berger and Luckmann's Social Construction of Reality is that actors interacting together in a social system form, over time, typifications or mental representations of each other's actions, and that these typifications eventually become habitualised into reciprocal roles played by the actors in relation to each other. When these reciprocal roles are made available to other members of society to enter into and play out, the typified reciprocal interactions are said to be institutionalised. In the process of this institutionalisation, meaning is embedded and institutionalised into individuals and society knowledge and people's conception of (and therefore belief regarding) what reality is becomes embedded into the institutional fabric and structure of society, and social reality is therefore said to be socially constructed.' (wikipedia).

is often motivated by a problematic and unstated nominalist metaphysical view.

Ian Hacking has also argued that much of what is called social constructionism of science in contemporary times is actually motivated by an unstated nominalist metaphysical view. For this reason, he claims, scientist and constructionist tend to 'shout past each other.' (wikipedia)

is the idea that persons or groups, over time, create concepts or mental representations of each others actions, which become roles and norms norms. Social construction refers to when these roles become institutionalized.

that persons and groups interacting in a social system create, over time, concepts or mental representations of each other's actions, and that these concepts eventually become habituated into reciprocal roles played by the actors in relation to each other. When these roles are made available to other members of society to enter into and play out, the reciprocal interactions are said to be institutionalized. In the process of this institutionalization, meaning is embedded in society. Knowledge and people's conception (and belief) of what reality is becomes embedded in the institutional fabric of society. Reality is therefore said to be socially constructed.' (wiki)

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