One may view the individual's everyday life in terms of the working away of a conversational apparatus that ongoingly maintains, modifies and reconstructs his subjective reality... [for example] ‘Well, it's time for me to get to the station,' and ‘Fine, darling, have a good day at the office' implies an entire world within which these apparently simple propositions make sense... the exchange confirms the subjective reality of this world... the great part, if not all, of everyday conversation maintains subjective reality... imagine the effect...of an exchange like this: ‘Well, it's time for me to get to the station,' ‘Fine, darling, don't forget to take along your gun. (Peter L. Berger)

One may view the individual's everyday life in terms of the working away of a conversational apparatus that ongoingly maintains, modifies and reconstructs his subjective reality... [for example] ‘Well, it's time for me to get to the station,' and ‘Fine, darling, have a good day at the office' implies an entire world within which these apparently simple propositions make sense... the exchange confirms the subjective reality of this world... the great part, if not all, of everyday conversation maintains subjective reality... imagine the effect...of an exchange like this: ‘Well, it's time for me to get to the station,' ‘Fine, darling, don't forget to take along your gun.

Peter L. Berger

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