John Searle's Ideas About Social Reality
Extensions, Criticisms, and Reconstructions
Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue
John R. Searle's 1995 publication The Construction of
Social Reality is the foundation of this collection of
scholarly papers examining Searle's philosophical theories. The
book works to reconstruct the ontology of the social sciences
through an analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John
Searle's celebrated work on intentionality. The authors provide
rich and varied critical appraisals of Searle's original text.
* * Reconstructs the ontology of the social sciences through an
analysis of linguistic practices in the context of John Searle's
celebrated work on intentionality
* Authors provide rich and varied critical appraisals of Searle's
original text.
1. Editors' Introduction: David Koepsell and Laurence S.
Moss.
Part I: Extensions and Criticisms:.
2. Searle, Rationality, and Social Reality: Alex Viskovatoff,
University of Pittsburgh.
3. Searle and Collective Intentionality: The Self-Defeating
Nature of Internalism with Respect to Social Facts: Dan
Fitzpatrick, University of Hertfordshire.
4. Rationality-in-Relations: Hans Bernhard Schmid, University of
St. Gallen.
Part II. Criticisms and Reconstructions:.
5. Searle's Foole: How a Constructionist Account of
Society Cannot Substitute for a Causal One: Mariam Thalos,
University of Utah.
6. Collective Acceptance, Social Institutions, and Social
Reality: Raimo Tuomela, University of Helsinki.
7. Can Collective Intentionality Be Individiualized? Anthonie W.
M. Meijers, Eindhoven University.
8. The New Role of the Constitutive Rule: Frank A. Hindriks,
University of St. Andrews.
9. Collective Intentions and Collective Intentionality: L. A.
Zaibert, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
10. Searle's Monadological Construction of Social Reality:
Ingvar Johansson, Umea University.
11. Explaining Collective Intentionality: Nenad Miscevic,
University of Maribor.
12. The Social Ontology of Virtual Environments: Philip Brey,
University of Twente.
Part III. An Illuminating Exchange:.
13. The Construction of Social Reality: An Exchange: Barry Smith
and John Searle, University of Buffalo and University of
California-Berkeley.
Index.
Moss.
Part I: Extensions and Criticisms:.
2. Searle, Rationality, and Social Reality: Alex Viskovatoff,
University of Pittsburgh.
3. Searle and Collective Intentionality: The Self-Defeating
Nature of Internalism with Respect to Social Facts: Dan
Fitzpatrick, University of Hertfordshire.
4. Rationality-in-Relations: Hans Bernhard Schmid, University of
St. Gallen.
Part II. Criticisms and Reconstructions:.
5. Searle's Foole: How a Constructionist Account of
Society Cannot Substitute for a Causal One: Mariam Thalos,
University of Utah.
6. Collective Acceptance, Social Institutions, and Social
Reality: Raimo Tuomela, University of Helsinki.
7. Can Collective Intentionality Be Individiualized? Anthonie W.
M. Meijers, Eindhoven University.
8. The New Role of the Constitutive Rule: Frank A. Hindriks,
University of St. Andrews.
9. Collective Intentions and Collective Intentionality: L. A.
Zaibert, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
10. Searle's Monadological Construction of Social Reality:
Ingvar Johansson, Umea University.
11. Explaining Collective Intentionality: Nenad Miscevic,
University of Maribor.
12. The Social Ontology of Virtual Environments: Philip Brey,
University of Twente.
Part III. An Illuminating Exchange:.
13. The Construction of Social Reality: An Exchange: Barry Smith
and John Searle, University of Buffalo and University of
California-Berkeley.
Index.
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on human genes give rise to. Its focus on philosophical
considerations adds depth to the debate, and it takes a novel
perspective . . . A book that proposes that the model should be
abolished should promote useful debate in the field." (The Journal
of Biosocial Science, 2011)
David Koepsell is an attorney with a special research
interest in the problems of modern philosophy. His research focuses
on the intersection between the philosophy of mind and action, and
moral and political theory. He teaches courses at the University of
Buffalo in New York.
Laurence S. Moss now serves as editor of The American
Journal of Economics and Sociology. He is a Professor of
Economics at Babson College and has served as the President of the
History of Economics Society. He is also a well-known historian of
economic thought. Moss is a member of the Massachusetts Bar
Association and now serves on the Standing Committee on Pro Bono
Legal Services of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
interest in the problems of modern philosophy. His research focuses
on the intersection between the philosophy of mind and action, and
moral and political theory. He teaches courses at the University of
Buffalo in New York.
Laurence S. Moss now serves as editor of The American
Journal of Economics and Sociology. He is a Professor of
Economics at Babson College and has served as the President of the
History of Economics Society. He is also a well-known historian of
economic thought. Moss is a member of the Massachusetts Bar
Association and now serves on the Standing Committee on Pro Bono
Legal Services of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
