%0 Journal Article %T La Ciencia entre el Objetivismo y el Construccionismo %A Aguirre %A Juan Carlos %A Jaramillo %A Luis Guillermo %J Cinta de moebio %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-554X2010000200001 %X abstract this article proposes an alternative to the discussion between the objectivist and constructionist vision on science. in order to reach such objective, we start from a schematic presentation about what it is called science wars; then, we are going to talk in detail about knor-cetina£¿s proposal, showing how it leads to antiscientific attitudes. later, we will confront the constructionist thesis taken from knor-cetina with the realistic ones, proposed by giere, kitcher and hacking, in order to moderate the antiscientific positions, cleansing the traditional polarities. finally, the critical common-sensism proposed by susan haack will be outlined and stated as an option to the confrontation between objectivists and constructionists and also, as a moderate way to understand science in the present-day. %K science %K science wars %K constructionism %K critical realism %K critical common-sensism. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-554X2010000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en