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John Searle and the Construction of Social Reality Joshua Rust
Publisher: Continuum

The latter is an observer-relative [1] John Searle, The Construction of Social Reality (New York: the Free Press, 1995), see pages 12-13. Critical social theory critiques institutions, and can be traced to the works of Karl Marx. With the publication of Making the Social World, John Searle continues the project begun in various articles and a previous book, The Construction of Social Reality. Lample continues to mention some insights from the philosopher John Searle in his book The Construction of Social Reality. One can see the influence on Tomasello of John Searle's The Construction of Social Reality (Free Press, 1995). According to John Searle, institutional reality is a special case of social reality (2003). A story by John Searle (The Construction of Social Reality p137-8) illustrates the point. I seems to me that we can understand Searle's point best through his book 'The Construction of Social Reality' which seems at first sight to be about a different topic altogether. John Searle writes concerning “understanding the ontology of socially created reality” that observer-relative features of objects can provide epistemic objectivity, which for Searle is still a subjective ontology. Of articles referring to Searle's account are: Burkhardt 1990 and Lepore / van Gulick 1991. Compare this to George Herbert Mead's citation. For a debate which became famous see Jacques Derrida's Limited Inc. John Searle and the Construction of Social Reality. John.Searle.and.the.Construction.of.Social.Reality.pdf. And Searle's brief reply in The Construction of Social Reality. JOHN SEARLE: FROM SPEECH ACTS TO SOCIAL REALITY In this post I will try to give a short overview on the theory of the construction of social reality, focusing on the importance of language within a society. Even though Marxism is a failed political system, its ability to critique prevailing norms in the capitalistic societies has contributed to the formulation of theories that examine the epistemological methodology of social construction. [1] His example is that of a rock used as a paper weight.