The Normative Structures of Human Civilization

doi:10.5771/9783465142935

The Normative Structures of Human Civilization

Readings in John Searle´s Social Ontology

Reihe: Recht als Kultur

Band 15 1. Auflage 2016

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doi.org/10.5771/9783465142935
ISBN print: 978-3-465-04293-8
ISBN online: 978-3-465-14293-5
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main

Abstract

John Searle´s social ontology seeks 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, constitution, and maintenance of social reality" manifested in his book "Making the Social World" (2010) and outlined in this volume, is taken on by philosophers and social scientists in a critical encounter. Among the large range of topics discussed in these articles are Searle´s concept of collective intentionality, the status of social facts, the social acceptance of institutions, the magic of speech acts as well as Searle´s excursion into the world of power and human rights. Not least, these reflections help to clarify the sometimes conflict-laden relation of philosophy and social theory.

Zusammenfassung

John Searle´s social ontology seeks 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, constitution, and maintenance of social reality" manifested in his book "Making the Social World" (2010) and outlined in this volume, is taken on by philosophers and social scientists in a critical encounter. Among the large range of topics discussed in these articles are Searle´s concept of collective intentionality, the status of social facts, the social acceptance of institutions, the magic of speech acts as well as Searle´s excursion into the world of power and human rights. Not least, these reflections help to clarify the sometimes conflict-laden relation of philosophy and social theory.

Schlagworte

Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenAutorenSeiten
1–6 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–6
7–20 Introduction. The Birth of Society: A Sacralization of Language? Werner Gephart Werner Gephart 7–20
21–32 The Normative Structure of Human Civilization John R. Searle John R. Searle 21–32
33–48 Documentality as the Construction of Social Reality Maurizio Ferraris Maurizio Ferraris 33–48
49–68 Facts, Social Facts, and Sociology Markus Gabriel Markus Gabriel 49–68
69–88 "Society Consists of Nothing but Individuals" Stephan Zimmermann Stephan Zimmermann 69–88
89–118 John Searle on Power and Human Rights Daniel Witte, Jan Christoph Suntrup Daniel Witte, Jan Christoph Suntrup 89–118
119–136 Oxford Philosophy in the 1950s Epilogue. John R. Searle Epilogue. John R. Searle 119–136
137–138 The Authors 137–138

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