The Construction of Social Reality by John Rogers Searle

The Construction of Social Reality by John Rogers Searle

John Searle begins by dividing the universe into two distinct types of facts:

• Brute Facts: Facts that are completely independent of human opinion or existence. If humans vanished tomorrow, Mount Everest would still exist, water would still be $H_2O$, and hydrogen atoms would still have one proton.

• Institutional/Social Facts: Facts that exist only because human beings collectively believe, agree, and act as if they exist. Examples include the fact that Barack Obama was the US President, that a certain piece of paper is a 1,000 Taka note, or that two people are legally married.

The Construction of Social Reality provides the exact logical and linguistic formulas that humanity uses to construct this invisible, yet incredibly powerful, institutional matrix. Searle proves that social reality is not an illusion or a subjective feeling; it is an objectively real structure built out of collective human consciousness.

In a rapidly shifting world where traditional social systems, economic models, and national institutions are being disrupted by digital technologies (like cryptocurrency, which is a textbook evolution of the $\text{X counts as Y in C}$ formula), understanding the mechanics of social reality is critical.

For university students, sociologists, political scientists, and deep-thinking professionals, The Construction of Social Reality provides an elite intellectual toolkit. It strips away the passive assumptions we make about the world, allowing you to see the deep invisible scaffolding that holds human civilization together. It challenges you to look at everyday concepts—laws, corporations, values—with a profound sense of clarity and analytical depth.

Language: English.

Genre: Philosophy of Social Science.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

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Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback)