Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization

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The purpose of this book -- Intentionality -- Collective intentionality and the assignment of function -- Language as biological and social -- The general theory of institutions and institutional facts: -- Language and social reality -- Free will, rationality, and institutional facts -- Power : deontic, background, political, and other -- Human rights -- Concluding remarks : the ontological foundations of the social sciences.

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H61.S4475 2009

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9780195396171   0195396170   9780199745869   0199745862   9780199576913   9780199695263   0199829527   0199695261   0199576912   9780190267643

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