Towards the consistent construction of nature (2014)
Alexander Riegler
Special Issue on Ripensare la "natura"/ Rethinking "Nature" edited by Flavia Monceri, Teoria, 1/2014: 33-44
For a realist, nature embodies the ultimate arbiter, while for social constructivists nature is the projection of social interests. In this paper, the highly ambiguous term “nature” is discussed from yet another position, i.e., radical constructivism. It is argued that this position is incompatible with realism and, for reasons of consistency, also with social constructivism. Furthermore, from an ethical perspective, the radical constructivist conception of nature shifts responsibility further away from God, nature, and society to the individual.
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Riegler A. (2014) Towards the consistent construction of nature. Special Issue on Ripensare la “natura”/ Rethinking “Nature” edited by Flavia Monceri, Teoria, 1/2014: 33–44. Available at https://constructivist.info/riegler/79