Social Constructionism as Ontology: Exposition and Example

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 701-713

  Nightingale, David J ^a   Cromby, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti realism; constructionism; ontology; realism; relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036429526     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354302012005901     Document Type: Article

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