tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post450636194985358737..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Socially Constructed RealityStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-70481729139772606752013-01-21T07:02:07.697-08:002013-01-21T07:02:07.697-08:00It is not surprising that you find the ideas in St...It is not surprising that you find the ideas in Stanley Fish's article "puzzling" as you've managed to confuse and misrepresent various aspects of social constructivism.<br /><br />After attacking the solipsistic argument which Fish was clearly not arguing, you eventually consider the argument that social relationships can form our perception of reality. This argument, put simply, is that we only conceive of things according to how it has been constructed by the society of which we are a part. A chair is only allocated the term "chair" and given the function of "something you sit on" because of social norms we discover as a child. What would just be an assembly of various atoms is given meaning socially. Hence it is socially constructed.<br /><br />But instead of engaging with an interesting argument, you develop a conspiracy theory.<br /><br />This so-called "witch's brew" is suddenly something created so "they" can control our thoughts by using "indoctrination", because you think there no way of changing people's minds without "policing speech".<br /><br />To assert that force is the only means of changing people's perceptions is absurd given your statement at the end that America gives citizenship rights "regardless of race, creed, or national origin". It was the civil rights movement that changed people's perceptions on race and led to political change. It did not come from thought-police and it did not just come from a "spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship"<br /><br />You also argue it is a means of forcing an open-border immigration policy for the USA, something completely irrelevant to the philosophical debate and entirely down to your own prejudices.<br /><br />"Saying that reality is socially constructed allows you to do as you please and to explain away the bad consequences by insisting that reality does not matter". Social constructivism in no way asserts that reality does not matter, but simply provides an explanation for how we perceive reality.<br /><br />Apparently I have "no real use for the marketplace". There are so many things wrong with that statement, namely with how an epistemological position can affect my employability. But above all, I do not measure my worth according to what the market wants or to the opinions of a so-called "life coach".Life Coach Criticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82053477409870213222011-05-06T11:57:43.735-07:002011-05-06T11:57:43.735-07:00when you hate the hard work of dealing with realit...when you hate the hard work of dealing with reality and adjusting your behavior to get ahead it sure sounds nice to be able to claim that there is no "reality" ...<br /><br />losers always find an excuse for why they lost ...The Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554055593581812426noreply@blogger.com