Minds, Brains and Science takes up just the problems that perplex people, and it does what good philosophy always does: it dispels the illusion caused by the specious collision of truths. How do we reconcile common sense and science? Searle argues vigorously that the truths of common sense and the truths of science are both right and that the only question is how to fit them together.Searle explains how we can reconcile an intuitive view of ourselves as conscious, free, rational agents with a universe that science tells us consists of mindless physical particles. He briskly and lucidly sets out his arguments against the familiar positions in the philosophy of mind, and details the consequences of his ideas for the mind-body problem, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, questions of action and free will, and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Minds, Brains and Science: The 1984 Reith Lectures (Penguin Philosophy)

Politics & Social Sciences

JOHN R. SEARLE

Philosophy

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Minds, Brains and Science: The 1984 Reith Lectures (Pelican)

Readings in Ethical Theory

Bertrand, Russell

James Thomson

Henry, Sidgwick

G. E. Moore

W. K. Frankena

Judith Thomson

H. A. Prichard et al

Appleton, Century, Crofts

<p>Disillusionment with psychology is leading more and more people to formal philosophy for clues about how to think about life. But most of us who try to grapple with concepts such as reality, truth, common sense, consciousness, and society lack the rigorous training to discuss them with any confidence. John Searle brings these notions down from their abstract heights to the terra firma of real-world understanding, so that those with no knowledge of philosophy can understand how these principles play out in our everyday lives. The author stresses that there is a real world out there to deal with, and condemns the belief that the reality of our world is dependent on our perception of it.</p>

Mind, Language, and Society (Masterminds (Paperback))

Basic Books

The Construction of Social Reality

Allen Lane.

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