Social Constructionism and Realism

Abstract

Greenwood's (1992) views are criticized from a social constructionist's point of view. It is argued that constructionism, because of its radical reflexivity, confronts itself with problems not faced by realism. Although it is true that constructionists do not treat talk as referring to an extra-linguistic reality `outside' of our conversational existence, this does not mean to say that we think just anything goes. It is still possible for us to discover that we cannot act as we please. But what is at stake is not the accuracy of our talk, as Greenwood supposes, but its adequacy, its ability to render aspects of our psychological being rationally visible to us rather than invisible.

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