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