Puzzling Out Sally Haslanger’s Social Constructionism: Constructing a Stable Building or Being Left with Unsolvable Puzzles?
Abstract
In this article we focus on Sally Haslanger’s theoretical project of distinguishing between different ways to understand social constructionist theses in general. The goal of this article is to better understand Haslanger’s distinction between different forms of social constructionism. In trying to get a better grasp of Haslanger’s distinctions we will encounter some difficulties that will hinder us getting a coherent picture of these distinctions. For some of these difficulties we will present some possible solutions but, in the end, we will ask for further commentary from Haslanger herself to improve on our understanding of her distinction between different forms of social constructionism.