Relativism vs Constructionism - What's the difference?
relativism | constructionism |
(uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.
(countable, philosophy) A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.
* 2008 , Paul Boghossian, “Replies to Wright, MacFarlane and Sosa,” Philosophical Studies , vol. 141, no. 3, p. 413:
(legal) A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather to any underlying intent
(social science) The idea that people learn about, or perceive the world by constructing mental models
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As nouns the difference between relativism and constructionism
is that relativism is the theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them while constructionism is a strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather to any underlying intent.relativism
English
(wikipedia relativism)Noun
- Following Gilbert Harman’s lead, my own formulation of relativism' about the normative domain was based on the classic examples of thoroughgoing ' relativisms drawn from physics.
