Abstract
The introduction of this article presents a sketch of the three main current versions of social constructivism (social epistemology, strong social constructivism, and social ontology) and of the historical background of social constructivism (Section Social Constructivism – Variants and Background). The following three sections outline these three approaches in some more detail and assess them briefly. Concerning social epistemology, veritistic and nonveritistic approaches to social epistemology are discussed (Sections Social Epistemology (Weak Social Constructivism), The Veritistic Approach to Social Epistemology, and Nonveritistic Approaches to Social Epistemology). Concerning strong social epistemology, views about ontology and the social are addressed (Sections Radical (Strong) Social Constructivism, Strong Social Constructivism and Ontology, and Strong Social Constructivism and the Social). And concerning social ontology, first a currently much debated specific example (social ontology in theories on international relations) and then the general approach to social ontology are characterized (Section Constructivism about the Social (Social Ontology), Constructivism and International Relations, and Nonveritistic Approaches to Social Epistemology).
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