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In The Construction of Social Reality, John Searle argues that there are two kinds of facts—some that are independent of human observers, and some that require human agreement.

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    256 pages

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    1 January 1997

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Summary

This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a ‘five-pound note’ with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch.

In The Construction of Social Reality, eminent philosopher John Searle examines the structure of social reality (or those portions of the world that are facts only by human agreement, such as money, marriage, property, and go…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780684831794
ISBN-10:0684831791
Author:John R. Searle
Publisher:Free Press
Imprint:The Free Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 January 1997
Weight:368g
Dimensions:111mm x 178mm
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Construction Social Reality _p by John R. Searle - ISBN: 9780684831794
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About The Author

John R. Searle

John Searle is Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent publications include Mind: A Brief Introduction (2004), Consciousness and Language (2002) and Rationality in Action (2001, 2003).

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