Philosophy in a New Century: Selected Essays

John R. Searle

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511812859

John R. Searle has made profoundly influential contributions to three areas of philosophy: philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of society. This volume gathers together in accessible form a selection of his essays in these areas. They range widely across social ontology, where Searle presents concise and informative statements of positions developed in more detail elsewhere; artificial intelligence and cognitive science, where Searle assesses the current state of the debate and develops his most recent thoughts; and philosophy of language, where Searle connects ideas from various strands of his work in order to develop original answers to fundamental questions. There are also explorations of the limitations of phenomenological inquiry, the mind-body problem, and the nature and future of philosophy. This rich collection from one of America's leading contemporary philosophers will be valuable for all who are interested in these central philosophical questions.

‘Needless to say, Searle is one of the most prominent contemporary philosophers and his writings are almost always highly stimulating. For those willing to have a first contact with Searle’s thought, Philosophy in a New Century will offer an excellent introduction; and for those already familiar with his philosophy, it will surely constitute a comprehensive … volume [with which] to revisit his entire work.’

Marcos Breuer Source: Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Original place of publication of the essays
pp viii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-3

1 - Philosophy in a new century
pp 4-25

2 - Social ontology: some basic principles (with a new addendum by the author)
pp 26-52

3 - The Turing Test: fifty-five years later
pp 53-66

4 - Twenty-one years in the Chinese Room
pp 67-85

5 - Is the brain a digital computer?
pp 86-106

6 - The phenomenological illusion
pp 107-136

7 - The self as a problem in philosophy and neurobiology
pp 137-151

8 - Why I am not a property dualist
pp 152-160

9 - Fact and value, “is” and “ought,” and reasons for action
pp 161-180

10 - The unity of the proposition
pp 181-196

Name index
pp 197-198

Subject index
pp 199-201

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