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The Construction of Social Reality by John R. Searle is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Construction of Social Reality about?

This 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. In The Construction of Social Reality , 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.

Who reads The Construction of Social Reality?

Author

John R. Searle

Publisher

Free Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439108369

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Sociology, History

Rating

3.91 / 5 (549 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13