{"product_id":"the-construction-of-social-reality-9780684831794","title":"The Construction of Social Reality","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Construction of Social Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, eminent philosopher John Searle examines the structure of social reality (or those portions of the world that are facts only by human agreement, such as money, marriage, property, and government), and contrasts it to a brute reality that is independent of human agreement. Searle shows that brute reality provides the indisputable foundation for all social reality, and that social reality, while very real, is maintained by nothing more than custom and habit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John R. Searle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.22w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684831794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearle, John R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John R. Searle is the Mills Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eSpeech Acts\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eExpression and Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Campus War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIntentionality\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Rediscovery of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMinds, Brains and Science\u003c\/i\u003e, based on his acclaimed series of Reith Lectures.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"John R. Searle \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566699102365,"sku":"9780684831794","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0fb2dca9-0fd1-46a2-b5dd-2c4aa9608b00.jpg?v=1768315158","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-construction-of-social-reality-9780684831794","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}