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Social Construction of What?

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ISBN-10: 0674004124

ISBN-13: 9780674004122

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ian Hacking

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Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. This study examines an array of examples, from the status of natural science to child abuse, in considering the nature of knowledge.
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Book details

List price: $34.50
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.48" wide x 9.21" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.990

Ian Hacking is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He holds the chair of Philosophy and History of Concepts at the College de France. Among his many books, the most recent is Rewriting the Soul.

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