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| Author: | Viskovatoff, A. |
| Title: | Searle, Rationality, and Social Reality |
| Journal: | American Journal of Economics and Sociology
2003 : JAN, VOL. 62:1, p. 7-44 |
| Index terms: | SOCIAL SCIENCES RATIONALITY INSTITUTIONS ANALYTICAL REVIEW |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper makes a critical assessment of some contributions of John Searle of direct relevance to social science-his theory of rationality and his theory of institutions. The former is criticized for being able to account for how people can act for "external reasons," as opposed to their desires, only in cases where an obli gation derives from a promise; a rival account is much more general. The latter is criticized on three grounds: (1) his theory of institutions can only account for a narrow range of social reality; (2) his notion of "collective intentionality" is unnecessary to explain institutions; (3) his account implies that if an institution exists, "we collectively accept it," whereas it may in fact not be accepted, but merely tolerated or submitted to. |
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