Searle, John

"Rules are constitutive of human practices."

"Social facts are created through collective intentionality."

"We are thrown into a world of meanings."

"Action is always action under a description."

"The mind cannot be reduced to mere computation."

"Rational agency requires consciousness."

"Institutions persist because we collectively agree to treat things in certain ways."

"Understanding requires recognizing purposes and goals."

"We are embodied minds in a social world."

"Meaning is not in the head; it is in the world."

"Power is exercised through institutional structures."

"Language mirrors the structure of reality."

"Emotions are rational responses to meaningful situations."

"We create meaning through our practices and institutions."

"Understanding is a matter of grasping significance."

"The self is constituted through social interaction."

"Facts about consciousness cannot be reduced to physical facts."

"Intentionality is the defining feature of mentality."

"Authority is created and maintained through collective agreement."

"We are essentially social beings."

"Language is both rule-governed and creative."

"Reality is not fixed; it is partly created by human practices."

"Understanding requires context and background knowledge."

"Consciousness has causal powers."

"We are free insofar as we are rational and self-aware."

"Meaning requires intentional agents."

"The world is full of meanings that we discover and create."

"Institutions are systems of collective intentionality."

"Human rationality is not merely logical."

"We live in a constructed social reality."