The Construction of Social Reality

Name: The Construction of Social Reality
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SKU: 9780140235906
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By John Searle

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The Construction of Social Reality by John Searle explores how humans create complex social structures through shared beliefs and intentions. Searle examines the underlying framework of social reality, blending insights from philosophy and psychology to explain how abstract concepts like money, governments, and marriage come into existence and maintain their power in society.
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The Construction of Social Reality

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.

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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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140235906

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 September 1996

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 192g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

John Searle is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 2002 and the National Humanities Medal in 2004.