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The Construction of Social Reality

The Construction of Social Reality

Summary

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.

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John Searle

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