Making the Social World
The Structure of Human Civilization
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2011
Summary
The renowned philosopher John Searle reveals the fundamental nature of social reality. What kinds of things are money, property, governments, nations, marriages, cocktail parties, and football games? Searle explains the key role played by language in the creation, constitution, and maintenance of social reality. We make statements about social facts that are completely objective, for example: Barack Obama is President of the United States, the piece of paper in my hand is a twenty-dollar bill…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199695263 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199695261 |
| Author: | John Searle |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
Review from previous edition stimulating and vigorous
Review from previous edition stimulating and vigorous'Colin McGinn, New York Review of BooksMaking the Social World is graced with a positive charm with which Searle confronts the cynicism if our time.‘Tribunemay be recommended to newcomers to [Searle's] philosophy as a lively introductory overview of many of his current research themes and of some of his past research achievements.'Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsMaking the Social World has no doubt been greatly anticipated by Searle’s many colleagues and critics, as his project has generated considerable interest. Searle’s project should make a significant contribution to the philosophy of the social sciences.‘Metapsychology
About The Author
John Searle
John Searle, Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the most eminent contemporary philosophers. Educated at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, he taught at Christ Church Oxford before moving to Berkeley, where he has been teaching since 1959. His eighteen published books include Speech Acts (1969), Expression and Meaning (1979), Intentionality (1983), The Rediscovery of the Mind (1992), The Construction of Social Reality (1995), and Rationality in Action (2002). Among his many prizes and awards he received the Jean Nicod prize in 2000 and the National Humanities Medal in 2004.
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