Chapter 7. The Social Construction of Reality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Part I: What Objective Reality Is and How It Is Possible
4. Terminological Prenote 3
5. Praeludium Primum, or The Key Dilemma 8
6. Preamble on Objectivity 9
7. Chapter 1. The Problem of Objectivity 14
8. Chapter 2. Root of the Semiotic Resolution of the Problem of Objectivity 17
9. Chapter 3. Objectivity as a Branch on the Tree of Relations 38
10. Chapter 4. The FirstAppearance of Objectivity in Its Difference from Things 54
11. Chapter 5. The Source in Subjectivity of Relations of Apprehension 69
12. Chapter 6. The Sign –Arbitrariness or Historicity? 84
13. Chapter 7. The Social Construction of Reality 110
14. Part II: Background to the Text
15. Chapter 8. What Difference Does It MakeWhat a Sign Is? 123
16. Chapter 9. Why Intersubjectivity Is Not Enough 143
17. Chapter 10. TheAmazing History of Sign 165
18. Backmatter 185