Beginning with a spirited discussion of what's wrong with the philosophy of mind, Searle characterizes and refutes the philosophical tradition of materialism. But he does not embrace dualism.

Once you agree with our world view, pretends Searle, consciousness falls into place naturally as an evolved phenotype. The only obstacle to granting con sciousness its status as a biological feature of …

m of materialism and some form of dualism. One of my many aims in writing this book is to show that this conception is mistaken, that one can give a coherent account of the facts about the mind without …

In this major new work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind.

I write out of the conviction that the philosophy of mind is the most important subject in contemporary philosophy and that the standard views—dualism, materialism, behaviorism, functionalism, …

Jul 8, 1992 · Beginning with a spirited discussion of what's wrong with the philosophy of mind, Searle characterizes and refutes the philosophical tradition of materialism. But he does not embrace dualism.

Searle himself may reject being characterized as a "inclusive externalism" since it may sound like the sort of "property dualism" that he rejects. But whether it is called "dualism" or not, this is pretty much …

John Searle critiques mainstream cognitive science for neglecting the centrality of consciousness in understanding mental phenomena. He argues against computational explanations of the mind, …

Jul 8, 1992 · Beginning with a spirited discussion of what's wrong with the philosophy of mind, Searle characterizes and refutes the philosophical tradition of materialism. But he does not embrace dualism.

The Rediscovery of the Mind is a seminal work in the philosophy of mind, offering a powerful critique of materialist and functionalist theories while proposing an alternative framework grounded in biological …