Reality Constitution Theory

A meta-theoretical framework proposing that reality itself is constituted through practices, frameworks, and systems of meaning. Going beyond social or cultural construction, it argues that even what we consider “physical” or “natural” is accessed and made meaningful only through human frameworks—though it doesn’t deny an extra-discursive reality, it insists that reality-as-we-know-it is always already constituted. This theory synthesizes insights from phenomenology, post-structuralism, and pragmatism to argue that there is no unmediated access to “the real”; every account of reality is a constituted account.

Example: “Reality constitution theory doesn’t say the mountain isn’t there; it says the mountain as sacred site, geological object, and carbon sink are three different realities constituted by different practices.”

Reality Constitution Theory by Dumu The Void March 23, 2026