Description
Book SynopsisJohn R. Searle's 1995 publication
The Construction of Social Reality is the foundation of this collection of scholarly papers examining Searle''s philosophical theories. The book works to reconstruct the ontology of the social sciences through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searle''s celebrated work on intentionality. The authors provide rich and varied critical appraisals of Searle''s original text.
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- Reconstructs the ontology of the social sciences through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searle''s celebrated work on intentionality
- Authors provide rich and varied critical appraisals of Searle''s original text.
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Table of Contents1. Editors’ Introduction: David Koepsell and Laurence S. Moss.
Part I: Extensions and Criticisms:.
2. Searle, Rationality, and Social Reality: Alex Viskovatoff, University of Pittsburgh.
3. Searle and Collective Intentionality: The Self-Defeating Nature of Internalism with Respect to Social Facts: Dan Fitzpatrick, University of Hertfordshire.
4. Rationality-in-Relations: Hans Bernhard Schmid, University of St. Gallen.
Part II. Criticisms and Reconstructions:.
5. Searle’s Foole: How a Constructionist Account of Society Cannot Substitute for a Causal One: Mariam Thalos, University of Utah.
6. Collective Acceptance, Social Institutions, and Social Reality: Raimo Tuomela, University of Helsinki.
7. Can Collective Intentionality Be Individiualized? Anthonie W. M. Meijers, Eindhoven University.
8. The New Role of the Constitutive Rule: Frank A. Hindriks, University of St. Andrews.
9. Collective Intentions and Collective Intentionality: L. A. Zaibert, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
10. Searle’s Monadological Construction of Social Reality: Ingvar Johansson, Umea University.
11. Explaining Collective Intentionality: Nenad Miscevic, University of Maribor.
12. The Social Ontology of Virtual Environments: Philip Brey, University of Twente.
Part III. An Illuminating Exchange:.
13. The Construction of Social Reality: An Exchange: Barry Smith and John Searle, University of Buffalo and University of California-Berkeley.
Index.
