Facts and values in politics and Searle's construction of social reality

Contemporary Political Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-175

  Karp, David Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Facts and values; Philosophy of social science; Rawls; Searle; Social reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650229909     PISSN: 14708914     EISSN: 14769336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpt.2008.28     Document Type: Article

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