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Highlights
- 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.
- Author(s): John R Searle
- 256 Pages
- Philosophy, Epistemology
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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.Book Synopsis
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 government), and contrasts it to a brute reality that is independent of human agreement. Searle shows that brute reality provides the indisputable foundation for all social reality, and that social reality, while very real, is maintained by nothing more than custom and habit.Dimensions (Overall): 9.18 Inches (H) x 6.22 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .71 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Epistemology
Publisher: Free Press
Format: Paperback
Author: John R Searle
Language: English
Street Date: January 1, 1997
TCIN: 81927142
UPC: 9780684831794
Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-8065
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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