30 Phil, Chapter 10, Pyrrho of Elis, Touchstone 29: Social Constructs.
A social construct is a shared, non-natural belief created and maintained by groups that shape reality. These are cultural blueprints that encompass shared ideas and frameworks. Many aspects of the world exist independently of humanity and are not social constructs, such as stars, animal reproduction, and gravity. In contrast, things that do not exist in nature and are social constructs include marriage, language, and money.
In the shadowed forests of the Late Carboniferous, long before mammals, birds, or even dinosaurs,
In the dense, humid forests of the Late Triassic, long before mammals ruled the night,
One of the earliest known true dinosaurs in the Dinosauria order is Eoraptor lunensis. From
I’m taking this time to catch up with the paired videos for recent WWB editions, and to restructure the WWB into seasions of 10 weeks: four 1-Minute Hot Topics. Each week featureing a tidbit in science, philosophy, critical, thinking, and history. Follow the TST YouTube channel to catch all new videos. –Mike
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4History!
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30 Philosophers: A New Look at Timeless Ideas
