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1、TheConstructionofSocialRealityBy:JohnRSearleISBN:0684831791SeedetailofthisbookonAmazon.comBookservedbyAMAZONNOIR(www.amazon-noir.com)projectby:PAOLOCIRIOpaolocirio.netUBERMORGEN.COMubermorgen.comALESSANDROLUDOVICOneural.itPage1TheBuildingBlocksofSocia
2、lRealityTheMetaphysicalBurdenofSocialRealityThisbookisaboutaproblemthathaspuzzledmeforalongtime:thereareportionsoftherealworld,objectivefactsintheworld,thatareonlyfactsbyhumanagreement.Inasensetherearethingsthatexistonlybecausewebelievethemtoexist.Iam
3、thinkingofthingslikemoney,property,governments,andmarriages.Yetmanyfactsregardingthesethingsare"objective"factsinthesensethattheyarenotamatterofyourormypreferences,evaluations,ormoralattitudes.IamthinkingofsuchfactsasthatIamacitizenoftheUnitedStates,t
4、hatthepieceofpaperinmypocketisafivedollarbill,thatmyyoungersistergotmarriedonDecember14,thatIownapieceofpropertyinBerkeley,andthattheNewYorkGiantswonthe1991superbowl.ThesecontrastwithsuchPage2TheConstructionofSocialRealityfactsasthatMountEveresthassno
5、wandicenearthesummitorthathydrogenatomshaveoneelectron,whicharefactstotallyindependentofanyhumanopinions.YearsagoIbaptizedsomeofthefactsdependentonhumanagreementas"institutionalfacts,"incontrasttononinstitutional,or"brute,"facts.'Institutionalfactsare
6、socalledbecausetheyrequirehumaninstitutionsfortheirexistence.Inorderthatthispieceofpapershouldbeafivedollarbill,forexample,therehastobethehumaninstitutionofmoney.Brutefactsrequirenohumaninstitutionsfortheirexistence.Ofcourse,inordertostateabrutefactwe
7、requiretheinstitutionoflanguage,butthefactstatedneedstobedistinguishedfromthestatementofit.Thequestionthathaspuzzledmeis,Howareinstitutionalfactspossible?Andwhatexactlyisthestructureofsuchfacts?Butilltheinterveningyearssomecuriousthingshavehappened.Ma
8、nypeople,includingevenafewwhoseopinionsIrespect,havearguedthatallofrealityissomehowahumancreation,thattherearenobrutefacts,butonlyfactsdependentonthehumanmind.Furthermore,severalpeoplehavearguedagainstourcommonsenseideathattherearefactsinthewo
