⟳ Репост от Robert Chapman
"Social construct" might be a philosophical term. But philosophers use it rarely, or at least carefully. Well, at least the philosophers that I tend to interact with. Social scientists, however, are mesmerised by the notion. It's a mess. bsky.app/profile/oluf...
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwòthere are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5