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1984 Reith Lectures #1984: Minds, Brains and Science

by John R Searle

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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.

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and the philosophy of the social sciences.
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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Mind-Body Problem

2. Can Computers Think?

3. Cognitive Science

4. The Structure of Action

5. Prospects for the Social Sciences

6. The Freedom of the Will

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780674576339
Author:
Searle, John R.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Author:
Searle, John
Author:
Searle, John R.
Location:
Cambridge, Mass. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Mind & Body
Subject:
Humanism
Subject:
Thought and thinking
Subject:
Brain
Subject:
Mind and body
Subject:
Movements - Humanism
Subject:
General Philosophy
Subject:
Philosophy : General
Copyright:
1984
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
1984 Reith Lectures
Series Volume:
1984
Publication Date:
January 1986
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
None
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.75 in .31 lb
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