Social reality is distinct from biological reality or individual cognitive reality, representing as it does a phenomenological level created through social interaction and transcending thereby individual motives and actions.
The product of human dialogue, social reality may be considered as consisting of the accepted social tenets of a community, involving thereby relatively stable laws and Social representations
Radical constructivism would cautiously describe social reality as the product of uniformities among observers (whether or not including the current observer themselves.
Read more about Social Reality: Schütz, Durkheim, and Spencer, Searle, Objective/subjective, Socialisation and The Capital Other, Measuring Trust, Propaganda
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