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Never heard of it until now, had to look it up, couldn't find a decent writeup about it. This link seems to be the best, yet it does not even give a clear definition.
Executive summary of social constructionism: all of reality is socially agreed; nothing is objective.
I'm lost at "socially agreed". I define models as useful if they make good predictions. This definition does not rely on some social agreement, only on the ability to replicate the tests of said predictions.
That's the Motte vvrsion, not the Bailey version.
http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/09/motte-and-bailey-doctrines/