Constructism -v- Realism Examples

MRes Session 3

Questions:

For each example:

·        To what extent is it constructed (if at all)?

·        In what sense is it objectively real (if at all)?

·        If it is constructed who (or what) constructed it?

·        What processes are involved in its construction?

·        How reliable is its truth?

·        How objective is it?

·        To what extent are the meanings of the terms in the statement objectively determinable?

·        To what extent is it falsifiable and how?

·        Can you reformulate the statement so that is more objectively real?

Examples

1.      A is in debt

2.      The amount of money A has at the end of day C

3.      The amount of money A has in bank account B at the end of day C

4.      Bus A is timetabled to go to M

5.      Bus A goes to M

6.      The time now is B

7.      Bus A is supposed to go to M

8.      A thinks B about issue C

9.      A is unacceptable behaviour in situation B according to the community C

10.  Chief executive A turned around company B

11.  A is influenced by B

12.  It is currently the fashion to wear clothing of the type A

13.  A has been found guilty by the jury of crime B

14.  A is guilty of crime B

15.  A did crime B

16.  B is a crime