The Critic of Social Construction to the Meta theory of  Psychology, from the point of view of the thesis of Indeterminacy of Translation

This thesis considers the critic and the alternative to the meta theory of cognitivism developed by Gergen (1994,2001) from the point of view of the thesis of indeterminacy in convergence with the Pragmatic Conception of Language (Wittgenstein II, Quine, Rorty, Gergen).We propose Indeterminacy thesis.  Specially,  the indeterminacy of Radical Translation  as a crucial point in the argumentation of Social Constructionism against Picture Theory of Language, that underlies constatative descriptions connected with the correspondence theory of truth. Also, we think that is possible to consider indeterminacy as playing a role in the context of transformational phase of science in psychology, applied to the understanding of performative uses in language.

In that way of understanding, we think that  they are kinds of responses to both sides in the discussion that includes truth by convention (Carnap), and the new way of understanding language  that comes from  Hermeneutics (Gadamer).

Social Construction, using Pragmatic Theory (or conception) of Language is opening an epistemological alternative that offers a strong alternative in  understanding meaning use  in Psychology. In order to go ahead with this position and project, I propose to develop Gergen`s  position from the point of view of IT thesis of Quine.

So, I propose my thesis on the epistemology of Social Construction, specially on the difference of  the pragmatic theory of language, in front of the picture theory of language, applied to  the meta-theory of  psychology.

I believe that could be of some relevance to the area of social construction in psychology to examine how the cognitive revolution wasn’t a paradigmatic change because the change of theory needed a  change in meta theory and in methodology (the nucleus of epistemological
Intelligibility).

I can see that the commitment of psychological theories ( in  psychological modernity) with  logical empiricism, is in deep relation  to the "two dogmas", of analytic-synthetic distinction, and reduction to observation. So, the position of Gergen, using the thesis of  indeterminacy of translation (Quine) in opposition to correspondence theory  (picture theory) of language  in science and in psychology is  opening a new way of understanding language in a pragmatic way, in  confluence with language games connected with  forms of life.(Wittgenstein II) . As an example, I have been looking for these arguments in psychotherapeutic discussions about self discourses, where we can see that Romantic and Modern discourses are connected with essences  (analytical), and observational determinants.  We can also see that both discourses converge to defective language in clinical enterprise (investigating speech acts in psychotherapy  process, performative uses in  psychotherapy  could be  available  

From another point of view, the pragmatic conception of language, opens the field to understand the meaning as use, in a language game, as a  social construction with others,  with performative descriptions that allow us to see language as coordination of actions.

In this way of understanding language, psychology seems to be another kind of discipline, or praxis.