Cover -- Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Defining constructivism -- 2 Constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge -- 3 The varieties of dependence -- 4 The varieties of constitutive constructivisms -- 5 The empirical case for constructivism -- 6 The a priori case for constructivism -- 7 Three brief and inadequate objections to constructivism -- 8 The problem of misrepresentation -- 9 Constructive empiricism and social constructivism -- 10 The infinite regress of constructions -- 11 The Duhemian asymmetry -- 12 The problem of the two societies -- 13 Constructivism and time -- 14 Constructivism and logic -- 15 Relativism -- 16 Semantic constructivism -- 17 Irrationalism -- 18 Conclusions -- References -- Index.