Documents tagged with Searle

Sharing the Background

Presentation on the Inaugural Meeting of the European Network of Social Ontology in Constance, Germany, October 2009. Abstract: Searle introduces the notion of the background in order to be abl...
  • titusstahl published this 10 / 19 / 2009
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Convention and Meaning Derrida and Searle Culler

Convention and Meaning: Derrida and Austin Author(s): Jonathan Culler Source: New Literary History, Vol. 13, No. 1, On Convention: I (Autumn, 1981), pp. 15-30 Published by: The Johns Hopkins Univer...
  • sachinketkar published this 08 / 29 / 2009
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Artificial Intelligence Essay

This is a short essay I wrote for a philosophy class a few years ago. Upon review, it isn't quite as good as I remember it, but I still think it's good enough that someone might like to read it, o...
  • adamredwine@hotmail.com published this 03 / 10 / 2009
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Artificially Sweetened Times - Aspartame is Poison

A quick primer on the poison found in over 6000 products worldwide. All you really need to know about Aspartame, Nutrasweet, Equal, etc. Half the American population is over the age of 40. That m...
  • kcopenhagen published this 12 / 11 / 2008
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J. Searle - Minds, Brains and Programs

This article can be viewed as an attempt to explore the consequences of two propositions. (1) Intentionality in human beings (and animals) is a product of causal features of the brain I assume thi...
  • arminmeth published this 09 / 28 / 2008
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