Intentionality and Consciousness: A Comparative Study of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mind and Searle’s Biological Naturalism

Language as Social Practice explores how language shapes social reality through the influential philosophies of John Searle and Robert Brandom. The book examines speech acts, collective intentionality, institutional facts, inferentialism, and normative practices to show how social institutions emerge, persist, and gain meaning. By bringing Searle’s theory of constitutive rules into dialogue with Brandom’s account of discursive practice, it offers a fresh comparative framework for understanding language, normativity, and social ontology. Engaging with contemporary debates in philosophy, the work demonstrates that language is not merely a tool of communication but a fundamental social practice through which human beings create, negotiate, and sustain shared worlds.