On the context and presuppositions of Searle’s philosophy of society

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ID6140788
AuthorsRodrigo González (0000-0002-9690-4033, University of Chile, corresponding author)
Year2018
Issue62
Pages231-245
Publication date2018-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCinta de moebio (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0717-554X • E-ISSN: 0717-554X
PublisherSciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4067/s0717-554x2018000200231
OpenAlexW2889706102
SciELOS0717-554X2018000200231
LanguageEN
References cited8

In this article, I deal with Searleâ s philosophy of society, the last step to complete his philosophical system. This step, however, requires acknowledging the context and presuppositions, or default positions, that make possible key concept of this new branch of philosophy. In the first section, I address what the enlightenment vision implies. The second section focuses upon how consciousness and intentionality are biological tools that help us create and maintain the social world. In the third section, I explain the importance of the difference between subjectivity and objectivity. Finally, in the fourth section I elaborate upon the default positions: the existence of one world, truth as correspondence to facts, direct perception, meaning, and causation. Importantly, I show how the context and presuppositions of the philosophy of society are an opportunity of interdisciplinary work between philosophy and the social sciences

Enlightenment · Epistemology · Intentionality · Metaphysics · Normative · Objectivity (philosophy · Physicalism · Presupposition · Sociology · Subjectivity · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy

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