The Normative Structure of Human Civilization: Readings in John Searle' S Social Ontology

by Werner Gephart

John Searle's social ontology seels for nothing less than the fundamental "structure of human civilization." By trying to reconcile the description of the world by the natural sciences with our self-understanding as free, rational and conscious beings, he points to the core of meaningful social life with its institutions, rules and normative expectations. Searle's often provocative project of explaining "the exact role of language in the creation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 346504293X
• ISBN13: 9783465042938
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Klostermann, Vittorio
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.