Making the Social World without Words

Phenomenology and Mind

关键词: language;    pictures;    reference;   

DOI  :  10.13128/Phe_Mi-19638

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

I intend to criticize and amend one of the main theses of Searle’s social ontology, that is: the dependence of social reality on language. This thesis raises a circularity problem because, in Searle’s account, language has conventionality as an essential feature, but conventionality depends, on in turn, on social reality. I will argue that we can solve Searle’s circularity problem by considering forms of communication and ways of imposing normativity more fundamental than language.

【 授权许可】

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