Social reality is currently a hotly debated topic not only in social science, but also in philosophy and the other humanities. Finn Collin, in this concise guide, asks if social reality is created by the way social agents conceive of it? Is there a difference between the kind of existence attributed to social and to physical facts - do physical facts enjoy a more independent existence? To what extent is social reality a matter of social convention. Finn Collin considers a number of traditional doctrines which support the constructivist position that social reality is generated by our 'interpretation' of it. He also examines the way social facts are contingent upon the meaning invested in them by social agents; the nature of social convention; the status of social facts as symbolic; the ways in which socially shared language is claimed to generate the reality described, as well as the limitations of some of the over-ambitious popular arguments for social constructivism.

Social Reality (Problems of Philosophy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Collin, Finn

Philosophy

Routledge

Social Reality ( The Problems of Philosophy )

Meaning, Use and Truth: Introducing the Philosophy of Language

<p>Meaning, Use and Truth offers students of philosophy of language, and those in related fields such as logic or linguistics, a comprehensive introduction to the field, and explores why philosophy of language in the 20th century could be viewed as providing the key to the solution of the classical problems of philosophy.</p>

Meaning, Use And Truth: Introducing The Philosophy Of Language

Guldmann, Finn

Ashgate Pub Ltd

Meaning, Use and Truth offers students of philosophy of language, and those in related fields such as logic or linguistics, a comprehensive introduction to the field, and explores why philosophy of language in the 20th century could be viewed as providing the key to the solution of the classical problems of philosophy.

Ashgate Pub. Co

Social Reality

Danish Yearbook of Philosophy publishes contributions in English, German, and French. Danish Yearbook of Philosophy mainly publishes articles relating to Danish philosophy, or by authors with ties to Danish philosophy.

Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 2005

History

Europe

Museum Tusculanum

What is linguistic meaning? What do people precisely do in uttering sentences? What are the principles involved in linguistic interpretation? How is it possible that linguistic signs, such as oral sounds or squiggles on a piece of paper, refer to things in the world? This book presents the attempts by philosophers in the 20th century to understand the workings of language, and address questions such as these. Presenting an accessible, balanced introduction to the philosophy of language as it has evolved in analytical philosophy during the 20th century, this textbooks offers equal attention to both of the main divisions within the field of philosophical semantics -truth-conditional theory and speech act theory - and shows how these theoretical approaches may be construed as complementary abstractions from a prior, undifferentiated understanding of meaning as defined by use. Meaning, Use and Truth offers students of philosophy of language, and those in related fields such as logic and linguistics, a comprehensive introduction to the field, and explores why philosophy of language in the 20th century could be viewed as providing the key to the solution if the classical problems of philosophy. Finn Collin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Finn Guldmann is External Lecturer at the University of Copenhagen and at Roskilde University, Denmark.

Meaning, Use and Truth

Automatic Press / VIP

Science Studies as Naturalized Philosophy (Synthese Library, 348)

This book approaches its subject matter in a way that combines a strong analytical and critical perspective with a historical and sociological framework for the understanding of the emergence of Science Studies. This is a novelty, since extant literature on this topic tends either to narrate the history of the field, with little criticism, or to criticize Science Studies from a philosophical platform but with little interest in its historical and social context. The book provides a critical review of the most prominent figures in Science Studies (also known as Science and Technology Studies) and traces the historical roots of the discipline back to developments emerging after World War II. It also presents it as an heir to a long trend in Western thought towards the naturalization of philosophy, where a priori modes of thought are replaced by empirical ones. Finally, it points to ways for Science Studies to proceed in the future.

Social Sciences

Springer

<p>This book combines an analytical and critical perspective with a historical and sociological framework for the understanding of the emergence of Science Studies. It also points to fruitful lines of development for Science and Technology Studies in the future.</p>

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Social Reality (Problems of Philosophy)

Social Reality ( The Problems of Philosophy )

Meaning, Use And Truth: Introducing The Philosophy Of Language

Meaning, Use and Truth: Introducing the Philosophy of Language

Social Reality

Social Reality

Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 2005

Meaning, Use and Truth

Science Studies as Naturalized Philosophy (Synthese Library, 348)

Science Studies as Naturalized Philosophy (Synthese Library, 348)