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Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization

John Rogers Searle

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Description:What is the fundamental nature of social reality? What kinds of things are money, property, governments, nations, marriages, cocktail parties, and football games?The renowned philosopher John R. Searle reveals the key role played by language in the creation and maintenance of human social institutions. These institutions serve to create and distribute power relations that are pervasive and often invisible. They motivate human actions in a way that provides the glue that holds human civilization together. Searle shows how this account makes sense of human rationality, free will, political power, and human rights. Our social world is a world created and maintained by language.John R. Searle is Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization. To get started finding Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 208

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Release: 2011

ISBN: 0199695261

Description: What is the fundamental nature of social reality? What kinds of things are money, property, governments, nations, marriages, cocktail parties, and football games?The renowned philosopher John R. Searle reveals the key role played by language in the creation and maintenance of human social institutions. These institutions serve to create and distribute power relations that are pervasive and often invisible. They motivate human actions in a way that provides the glue that holds human civilization together. Searle shows how this account makes sense of human rationality, free will, political power, and human rights. Our social world is a world created and maintained by language.John R. Searle is Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization. To get started finding Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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