======================= HES POSTING ================== Recently I have seen postings by several historians of economic thought referring to some ideas as "constructivist" and "constructivism", and some people as "constructivists." A quick library search has unearthed quite a lot of old material on "constructivism" as a movement in art and architecture, and a new literature on a different sort of "constructivism" in education and social work. The art and architecture material all seems to link back to 1920s Soviet writings. Would anyone in HES care to define "constructivism" as applied to economics, and (if possible) give some references to books and articles which discuss the origins and development of constructivist thought? It would be interesting to locate statements of constructivist ideas by advocates, as well as critiques of constructivism. Ray Bromley The University at Albany - SUNY E-mail: [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]