Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization
John R. Searle (ed.)
Oxford University Press (2009)
Abstract
The purpose of this book -- Intentionality -- Collective intentionality and the assignment of function -- Language as biological and social -- The general theory of institutions and institutional facts: -- Language and social reality -- Free will, rationality, and institutional facts -- Power : deontic, background, political, and other -- Human rights -- Concluding remarks : the ontological foundations of the social sciences.Author's Profile
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H61.S4475 2009
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9780195396171 0195396170 9780199745869 0199745862 9780199576913 9780199695263 0199829527 0199695261 0199576912 9780190267643
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The Purpose of This Book
The universe is comprised of various forms of corporeal matter governed by the realm of sciences such as chemistry and physics, and yet simultaneously, there exist free will, ethics, aesthetics, consciousness, and other abstract notions. This chapter aims to find the middle ground between ... see more
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