1. John Searle - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Offers a short Biography and Links about the Philospher John Searle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Searle

John Searle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Western Philosophy Contemporary philosophy Name John Rogers Searle Birth July 31 School/tradition Analytic Main interests Philosophy of language Philosophy of mind Intentionality Social reality Notable ideas Speech acts Chinese room Influenced by J.L. Austin G.E. Moore Gilbert Ryle P.F. Strawson ... Bertrand Russell John Rogers Searle (born July 31 in Denver, Colorado ) is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). He is widely noted for contributions to the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind , and also for his account of social reality. He was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize and the Jovellanos Prize in 2000, and the National Humanities Medal in 2004. Searle was also the first tenured professor to join the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley. He later published a book on that period of campus unrest, The Campus War: A Sympathetic Look At the University in Agony He frequently comments on philosophical and political topics for the New York Review of Books . His reviews on the topic of consciousness were collected as The Mystery of Consciousness Searle was educated at Christ Church Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship . He often publishes under the name "J. R. Searle." Contents Philosophy Speech acts Intentionality and the Background Consciousness ... edit Philosophy edit Speech acts Searle's early work, which to a great extent established his reputation as an estimable philosopher, was on

2. Reason Magazine - Reality Principles: An Interview With John R. Searle John R. Searle During the 18th century primarily, but even going back longer in history, there was a movement, largely in Western Europe, that sought to http://www.reason.com/news/show/27599.html

@import "/media/css/tf.css"; /* layout - screen only*/ @import "/media/css/reason.css"; /* layout - screen only*/ Reason Magazine Contact Subscribe Site Search Home Subscribe Contact Us Reason Staff ... Submissions Site comments/questions: Mike Alissi Media Inquiries and Reprint Permissions: Chris Mitchell 3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90034 ADVERTISEMENTS Reality Principles: An Interview with John R. Searle Eminent philosopher John R. Searle defends free speech, free inquiry, and the Enlightenment. Steven R. Postrel and Edward Feser Print Edition In an intellectual scene filled with critics of the Enlightenment's quest for a coherent understanding of the way the world works, philosopher John R. Searle has become a high-profile defender and exemplar of Enlightenment methods. A professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of 10 books, he attacks big questionsthe nature of reality, the mind/body problem, the nature of consciousnessin what he sees as a continuation of the Enlightenment's scientific and philosophical program. Along the way, he has become a leading voice in the debates over the possibility of artificial intelligence. Among A.I. researchers and cognitive scientists, he is most famous, and controversial, for his "Chinese Room" thought experiment, which attacks the idea that intelligence is merely rapid computation.

3. Intentionality And Causality In John Searle John Searle attempts, in Intentionality, to develop such a naturalistic theory.(3) In what follows I will present briefly the central points of his theory http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~davidt/Searle.htm

INTENTIONALITY AND CAUSALITY IN JOHN SEARLE Up to David L. Thompson's Homepage Outline by Section: INTRODUCTION OUTLINE OF SEARLE'S POSITION THE NOTION OF AN INTENTIONAL STATE INTENTIONAL CAUSALITY ... ENDNOTES INTRODUCTION Intentionality, as Brentano originally introduced the term in modern philosophy, was meant to provide a distinctive characteristic definitively separating the mental from the physical. Husserl borrowed Brentano's concept of Intentionality, but used it in a "transcendental" scheme: Intentionality is a process of constitution, of meaning-giving, and so must be radically distinguished from that which has been given meaning, the object. Physical things, objects of nature, and causal processes, as constituted entities, are dependent for their meaning on a transcendental Intentionality which cannot therefore, on pain of circularity, be reduced to, or explained by, any physical process. Transcendentalism, then, involves a dualism (though not a dualism of substance) between Intentionality on the one hand and nature and causality on the other. It is this dichotomy that any attempt at a naturalistic theory of Intentionality must overcome. John Searle attempts, in

4. Generation5 - John Searle John Searle, Professor of Philosophy at Berkeley, is best known for his famous Chinese Room Analogy. The analogy goes like this Dr. Searle is in a large http://www.generation5.org/content/2001/searle.asp

Home Articles Reviews Interviews ... What's New Submit News Home Interviews Philosophy John Searle John Searle , Professor of Philosophy at Berkeley, is best known for his famous "Chinese Room" Analogy. The analogy goes like this: Dr. Searle is in a large room with two holes marked I (Input) and O (Output). From the 'I' box, he gets handed questions written in Chinese kanji . Also in his room is a huge book with English instructions as to how to look up the answers and write them on a piece of paper to the Chinese questions - therefore, practicalities aside, he could look up any question and give the right answer. Searle says this is analogous to computers running NLP programs — just because they input the correct answer given an input, no matter how complicated the algorithm, it does not constitute understanding The analogy has been a huge area of debate for the twenty years that has passed since Dr. Searle first published his paper on it. Generation5 is very proud to have had the chance to interview him. Glossary Chinese Room, The

5. YouTube - Authors@Google: John Searle John Searle visits Google s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book Freedom and Neurobiology Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCyKNtocdZE

6. John R. Searle John R. Searle home page Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language Office 148 Moses Phone (510) 6423173 http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/people/detail/18

John R. Searle John R. Searle John R. Searle [home page] Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language Office: 148 Moses Phone: Courses for Spring 2008: Philosophy of Language Language (D. Phil., University of Oxford). His work ranges broadly over philosophical problems of mind and language. Recent books include The Mystery of Consciousness Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World Rationality in Action Mind (2004), and Libert© et Neurobiologie (2004). He teaches philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of social science; recent seminars topics include consciousness, free will, and rationality. Department Faculty John R. Searle Recent Courses ... Support philosophy! Department of Philosophy, 314 Moses Hall #2390, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-2390, tel: 510-642-2722, fax: 510-642-4164, e-mail: phildept [AT] berkeley.edu [Banner photo: the Dennes Room in Moses Hall]

7. John Searle John Searle. John Searle AKA John Rogers Searle. Born Dec1932 Conversations with John Searle (2001) Consciousness and Language (2002) http://www.nndb.com/people/457/000070247/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for John Searle AKA John Rogers Searle Born: Dec- Birthplace: Denver, CO Gender: Male Religion: Atheist Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Philosopher Nationality: United States Executive summary: Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language Was president of his class at the University of Wisconsin. Universally ignored in Philosophy of Mind. According to an interview with Generation5.org, stands by his Chinese Room Argument against "Strong AI" 20 years after. University: University of Wisconsin (attended 1949-52) University: BA Philosophy, Oxford University (1955) University: MA Philosophy, Oxford University (1959) University: PhD Philosophy, Oxford University (1959) Professor: Philosophy Chair, UC Berkeley Fulbright Guggenheim Fellowship Rhodes Scholarship ... American Civil Liberties Union Northern California Board of Directors 1969-72 Phi Beta Kappa Society Official Website: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~jsearle/

8. John Searle Born in Denver, Colorado in 1932, John Searle is a Mills Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is most renowned for his http://www.iscid.org/encyclopedia/John_Searle

ISCID Encyclopedia of Science and Philosophy BETA Make Entry Become an Editor Most Popular: ( Help John Searle Born in Denver, Colorado in 1932, John Searle is a Mills Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is most renowned for his work regarding issues in the sub-fields of philosophy of language, of mind and of consciousness. For good or for worse, Searle is known to take what might be called a common-sense approach to philosophy, often dismissing other views for their denying the obvious. He is best known for the philosophical position that he calls biological naturalism , which he thinks avoids the problems of both materialism and dualism (namely, certain category mistakes), while retaining the positive qualities of both views. He rejects materialism for the simple fact that it diminishes and/or eliminates the rich subjective ontology of the first-person that we are all intimately aware of in favor of a mechanistic third-person ontology. For Searle, 1st person ontology is irreducible to a third-person material ontology. At the same time, Searle maintains mental-physical causal reducibility in order to preserve the causal closure thesis. Whether this causal vs. ontological distinction is defensible is questionable. Nonetheless, Searle thinks that his view respects the intuitions of dualism by preserving the distinctive ontology of subjective experience, without introducing distinct substances, and that he respects the intuitions of materialism by both retaining its

9. John Searle (American Philosopher) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia analytic philosophy, consciousness, speech act theory. http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-920145/John-Searle

Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. John Searle (American philosopher) A selection of articles discussing this topic. analytic philosophy The Fregean side of the debate also had many supporters, chief among them the American philosopher John Searle. His view, following that of the British philosopher P.F. Strawson, was that to speak as if words by themselves refer is an oversimplification: it is not words that refer but people using words. What ultimately determines the referent of an expression is what the person who uses it on... consciousness ...attempts to develop strictly materialist accounts of consciousness, but their efforts so far have not been widely accepted. A third line of response is represented by the American philosopher John Searle, who argues that the root of the problem is the dichotomy between the old Cartesian concepts of mind and matter, which he claims are both inherently incompatible and outmoded, given... speech act theory After Austin's death in 1960, speech act theory was deepened and refined by his American student John R. Searle. In The Construction of Social Reality (1995), Searle argued that many social and political institutions are created through speech acts. Money, for example, is created through a declaration by a government to the effect that pieces of paper or metal of a certain...

10. John Searle - Wikipedia, La Enciclopedia Libre Translate this page John Searle es muy conocido por el desarrollo de un experimento mental llamado el argumento de la Sala china . Lo creó para demostrar que el pensamiento http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Searle

John Searle De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre Saltar a navegaci³n bºsqueda John R. Searle John Rogers Searle (nacido el 31 de julio de Denver Colorado ) es Slusser Professor de Filosof­a en la Universidad de California, Berkeley , y es c©lebre por sus contribuciones a la filosof­a del lenguaje , a la filosof­a de la mente y de la conciencia , a las caracter­sticas de las realidades sociales frente a las realidades f­sicas, y al razonamiento pr¡ctico . Le fue concedido el premio Jean Nicod en Aparte de su actividad acad©mica, el profesor Searle fue tambi©n el primer profesor en ejercicio en unirse al Free Speech Movement en la Universidad de Berkeley . Searle estudi³ en la Universidad de Oxford gracias a una beca Rhodes. John Searle es muy conocido por el desarrollo de un experimento mental llamado el argumento de la " Sala china ". Lo cre³ para demostrar que el pensamiento humano no se compone de simples procesos computacionales. Particip³ en el congreso internacional sobre el di¡logo ciencia-fe, celebrado en el Vaticano el a±o 2000, como parte del Jubileo de los Cient­ficos Tabla de contenidos Actos de Habla: Fuerza Ilocucional Intencionalidad Intencionalidad social IA fuerte: La habitaci³n china ... editar Actos de Habla: Fuerza Ilocucional Art­culo principal: Acto de habla Las primeras obras de Searle continuaron los trabajos de sus maestros John Langshaw Austin y P. F. Strawson

11. Simon & Schuster: John R. Searle John R. Searle appearances, new releases, photos, bios, news, etc. at Simon Schuster Canada. http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=25&pid=330392

12. DBLP: John R. Searle John R. Searle. List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server FAQ 3, John R. Searle Ist das Gehirn ein Digitalcomputer? http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/s/Searle:John_R=.html

John R. Searle List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server FAQ Coauthor Index - Ask others: ACM DL Guide CiteSeer CSB ... John Batali , John R. Searle: The Rediscovery of the Mind. Artif. Intell. 77 John R. Searle: Ist das Gehirn ein Digitalcomputer? Informatik und Philisophie 1992 EE Vicente Moret-Bonillo Amparo Alonso-Betanzos , John R. Searle: Towards the implementation of intelligent structures in intensive care monitoring: the advantages of the symbolic pre-processing. ACM Southeast Regional Conference 1990 EE John R. Searle: Infinite loops and how to create them. APL 1987 Coauthor Index Amparo Alonso-Betanzos John Batali Vicente Moret-Bonillo Colors in the list of coauthors DBLP: [ Home Author Title Conferences ... Michael Ley (ley@uni-trier.de) Fri Jan 25 16:42:33 2008

13. John Searle - Wikiquote John Rogers Searle (born July 31, 1932) is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, and is noted for contributions to the http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Searle

John Searle From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others. John Rogers Searle (born July 31 ) is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California , and is noted for contributions to the philosophy of language philosophy of mind and consciousness , on the characteristics of socially constructed versus physical realities, and on practical reason . He was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 2000. Contents Sourced Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (1969) Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind (1983) The Storm Over the University (December 6, 1990) ... edit Sourced The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean that but also to mean something else. Expression and Meaning , p. 31, Cambridge University Press (1979) One can imagine a computer simulation of the action of peptides in the hypothalamus that is accurate down to the last synapse. But equally one can imagine a computer simulation of the oxidation of hydrocarbons in a car engine or the action of digestive processes in a stomach when it is digesting pizza. And the simulation is no more the real thing in the case of the brain than it is in the case of the car or the stomach. Barring miracles, you could not run your car by doing a computer simulation of the oxidation of gasoline, and you could not digest pizza by running the program that simulates such digestion. It seems obvious that a simulation of cognition will similarly not produce the effects of the neurobiology of cognition.

14. Closer To Truth - Dr. John Searle John Searle, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, is considered to be the leading living philosopher of mind. http://www.closertotruth.com/participants/jsearle/

HyperForum TV Schedules Video Archive Resources ... Home CTT Quick Search Hyperforum Search SciTechDaily Archive. by Google Dr. Searle was a participant in Closer to Truth Show 107, "What is Consciousness?" Show 113, "Can Science Seek The Soul?" Show 204, "Do Brains Make Minds?" Dr. John Searle John Searle , professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, is considered to be the leading living philosopher of mind. He is the author of numerous works, including The Mystery of Consciousness, The Rediscovery of the Mind, The Construction of Social Reality, and Minds, Brains and Science. HyperForum TV Schedules Participants Video Archive ... Home ©2000 CLOSER TO TRUTH

15. Professor John Searle Home page at the University of California, Berkeley. Includes online articles, courses, contact information, bibliography and curriculum vitae in PDF http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~jsearle/

John Searle Slusser Professor of Philosophy Home Bibliography Curriculum Vitae Two Page CV Photos ... Presidential Award Office: 148 Moses Hall Phone: Mailing address: Department of Philosophy 314 Moses Hall 2390 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-2390 Fall Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11-12 Spring Courses: Philosophy 133: Philosophy of Language

16. Dictionary Of Philosophy Of Mind - Searle, John Entry by Daniel Barbiero from the Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind. Reviews key aspects of this thinker s doctrine. http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/searle.html

Searle, John - (b. 1932, Denver, CO; Ph.D. philosophy, Oxford; currently Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley.) In philosophy of mind, Searle is known for his critique of computationalism, his theory of intentionality, and his work on the problem of consciousness. See Chinese room intentionality ; intention-in- action; aspectual shape ; prior intention; The Background Critique of Computationalism and Strong AI The Theory of Intentionality The Theory of Consciousness ... References Searle took his Ph.D. in philosophy at Oxford, where he studied under John Austin and later became Lecturer in Philosophy at Christ Church from 1957-1959. Subsequently he went to UC Berkeley, where he became Professor of Philosophy. Searle's early work was in speech act theory, culminating in (1969) and (1979). He is credited with having elaborated the theory of speech acts associated with Austin, and with having introduced into the theory original elements of his own, most notably regarding the role played by speakers' and receivers' intentions in constituting the meaning of speech acts. Consistent with the focus on intentionality, his interest turned to philosophy of mind, where his major work can be seen as consisting in three main efforts: a critique of computationalism and strong Artificial Intelligence (AI); the development of a theory of intentionality; and the formulation of a naturalized theory of consciousness. The Critique of Computationalism and Strong AI The best known example of Searle's critique of computationalism and strong AI is his Chinese Room Argument (see separate entry). The main thrust of this thought experiment was to show that the syntactic manipulation of formal symbols does not by itself constitute a semantics. The implications for computationalism and strong AI were held to be the following: first, computationalism fails because the formal syntax of a computer program has been shown not to be intrinsically semantic, and second, strong AI fails because a system's behaving as if it had mental states is insufficient to establish that it does in fact have these states. Interestingly, Searle's assertion that syntax is insufficient to establish semantics predates the Chinese Room Argument and in fact represents one of the main objections to the generative grammar program that he voiced back in the early 1970s (e.g., 1972).

17. Chinese Room Argument [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] The Chinese room argument john searle s (1980a) thought experiment and associated (1984) derivation - is one of the best known and widely credited http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/chineser.htm

The Chinese Room Argument The Chinese room argument - John Searle's (1980a) thought experiment and associated (1984) derivation - is one of the best known and widely credited counters to claims of artificial intelligence (AI), i.e., to claims that computers do or at least can (someday might) think. According to Searle's original presentation, the argument is based on two truths: brains cause minds , and syntax doesn't suffice for semantics . Its target, Searle dubs "strong AI": "according to strong AI," according to Searle, "the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind, rather the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states" (1980a, p. 417). Searle contrasts "strong AI" to "weak AI". According to weak AI, according to Searle, computers just simulate thought, their seeming understanding isn't real (just as-if) understanding, their seeming calculation as-if calculation, etc.; nevertheless, computer simulation is useful for studying the mind (as for studying the weather and other things).

18. The Problem Of Consciousness (copyright john R. searle). Abstract This paper attempts to begin to answer .. argument in searle, J.R. The Rediscovery of the Mind, MIT Press, 1992. http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/searle.prob.html

The Problem of Consciousness John R. Searle Abstract: This paper attempts to begin to answer four questions. 1. What is consciousness? 2. What is the relation of consciousness to the brain? 3. What are some of the features that an empirical theory of consciousness should try to explain? 4. What are some common mistakes to avoid? The most important scientific discovery of the present era will come when someone or some group discovers the answer to the following question: How exactly do neurobiological processes in the brain cause consciousness? This is the most important question facing us in the biological sciences, yet it is frequently evaded, and frequently misunderstood when not evaded. In order to clear the way for an understanding of this problem. I am going to begin to answer four questions: 1. What is consciousness? 2. What is the relation of consciousness to the brain? 3. What are some of the features that an empirical theory of consciousness should try to explain? 4. What are some common mistakes to avoid? I. What is consciousness?

19. Conversation With John Searle, Cover Page Harry Kreisler interviews john R. searle, Mills Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley, on Philosophy and the Habits of Critical Thinking. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Searle/searle-con0.html

Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley See the Conversations with History Blog See a webcast of this interview: Searle Hear a podcast of this interview: Searle This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas. Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest is John R. Searle, who is Mills Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. Among his ten books are Speech Acts, Expression and Meaning, Campus Wars, Intentionality, The Rediscovery of the Mind, The Construction of Social Reality, and Minds, Brains and Science, based on his acclaimed Reith Lectures. He has taught at Cal for forty years and his works have been translated into twenty languages. Background ... influence of parents ... need to know everything ... books read ... education ... fighting against the current ... learning to argue ... University of Wisconsin ... everything interests me ... bringing order to chaos ... Rhodes scholar Philosophical Problems ... the brick wall ... transcending the mind-body dichotomy ... philosophy ends where science begins ... what is philosophy?

20. Q&A John Searle - The Boston Globe IN PHILOSOPHY, john searle told me, the name of the game is disagreement. searle, who has taught philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/02/04/qa_john_searle/

Today's Globe Local Opinion Magazine ... Ideas February 4, 2007 "IN PHILOSOPHY," JOHN SEARLE told me, "the name of the game is disagreement." Searle, who has taught philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1959, shows no inclination to duck dispute. In The New York Review of Books, for example, where he functions as a sort of philosopher in residence, you can regularly find him at fierce loggerheads with a variety of contemporary thinkers including Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Ray Kurzweil, and Noam Chomsky over questions of mind, consciousness, and language. Some of Searle's most serious intellectual brawls are over the question of whether the mind can be construed as a computer. He has argued strenuously that we need to resist the temptation to think of mental processes in terms of computation. "Defined as it is," he said, "by the manipulation of zeroes and ones," the computer model can tell us nothing about how our brains produce mind, consciousness, and a sense of self. But Searle recognizes that science can also deepen mystery, as it has with regard to free will. The more we know about a universe consisting, he writes, "entirely of mindless, meaningless...fields of force," the harder it is to justify the conception we have of "ourselves as conscious, mindful, free" unshakable as that self-conception might be. Searle does not, however, conclude that free will is an illusion. He maintains, instead, that at least for now, we are stuck with a paradox. I reached John Searle by phone at his office in Berkeley.

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