John Searle (contemporary Philosophy In Focus)
by Barry Smith /
2003 / English / PDF
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From Speech Acts to his most recent studies of consciousness,
freedom and rationality, John Searle has been a highly influential
figure among contemporary philosophers. This systematic
introduction to the entire range of Searle's work begins with the
theory of speech acts and proceeds with expositions of his writings
on intentionality, consciousness and perception, including, as
well, a careful presentation of the so-called Chinese Room
argument. Barry Smith is a Julian Park Professor of Philosophy,
University at Buffalo and Director of the Institute for Formal
Ontology and Medical Information Science in the University of
Leipzig. He is the author of Austrian Philosophy (Open Court, 1994)
and of some 300 articles on ontology and other branches of
philosophy. In 2001 he received the Wolfgang Paul Award of the
Alexander on Humboldt Foundation. He is also the editor of The
Monist: An International Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry.
From Speech Acts to his most recent studies of consciousness,
freedom and rationality, John Searle has been a highly influential
figure among contemporary philosophers. This systematic
introduction to the entire range of Searle's work begins with the
theory of speech acts and proceeds with expositions of his writings
on intentionality, consciousness and perception, including, as
well, a careful presentation of the so-called Chinese Room
argument. Barry Smith is a Julian Park Professor of Philosophy,
University at Buffalo and Director of the Institute for Formal
Ontology and Medical Information Science in the University of
Leipzig. He is the author of Austrian Philosophy (Open Court, 1994)
and of some 300 articles on ontology and other branches of
philosophy. In 2001 he received the Wolfgang Paul Award of the
Alexander on Humboldt Foundation. He is also the editor of The
Monist: An International Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry.