Constructivism is the idea that knowledge is constructed, therefore social and so not ‘really’ hooked up to the world. And therefore the world is outside of what we can know:
This argument relies upon critical theory’s linguistic turn and loosely argues that a) language is how we communicate, b) that language is synonymous with the linguistic, c) the linguistic is structured by difference so any relation between sign and meaning is arbitrary, d) and since it is arbitrary it is therefore made possible by an expression of social, political, or ideological power, and so constructs the world, hence e) the world is constructed, f) because we can only communicate about it linguistically. Miles, Adrian. “I’m Sorry I Don’t Have a Story: An Essay Involving Interactive Documentary, Bristol and Hypertext.” VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture 5.10 (2016): 67–86. Web.
