Abstract
This book review essay examines the concept of world construction as applied to public policy making Specifically, it relates Nelson Goodman's "irrealistic, " world-version perspective and his suggestions about how world-versions are correctly constructed to Deborah Stone's discussion of the multiple interpretations of policy goals and processes and how they should be resolved. Goodman and Stone come independently to a concept of reality as a "fit" of expectations and cultural constructs rather than a definite, knowable realm. This notion is applied to Leonard Levy's analysis of original intent doctrine in constitutional interpretation, achieving verification through triangulation of the utility of the approach for policy study.
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