Truth - Wikipedia - epistemic theories  ## Metadata - Author: **epistemic theories** - Full Title: Truth - Wikipedia - Category: #articles - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth#Constructivist ## Highlights - Social constructivism holds that truth is constructed by social processes, is historically and culturally specific, and that it is in part shaped through the power struggles within a community. Constructivism views all of our knowledge as "constructed," because it does not reflect any external "transcendent" realities (as a pure correspondence theory might hold). Rather, perceptions of truth are viewed as contingent on convention, human perception, and social experience. It is believed by constructivists that representations of physical and biological reality, including race, sexuality, and gender, are socially constructed.