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John Rogers Searle ( American English pronunciation: / sɜːrl /; born July 31, 1932) [4] is an American philosopher widely noted for contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and social philosophy.
- John R. Searle
- 1983
May 3, 2024 · John Searle, American philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of language—especially speech act theory—and the philosophy of mind. He also made significant contributions to epistemology, ontology, the philosophy of social institutions, and the study of practical reason.
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Mar 19, 2004 · The argument and thought-experiment now generally known as the Chinese Room Argument was first published in a 1980 article by American philosopher John Searle (1932– ). It has become one of the best-known arguments in recent philosophy.
The Chinese room argument is a thought experiment of John Searle. It is one of the best known and widely credited counters to claims of artificial intelligence (AI), that is, to claims that computers do or at least can (or someday might) think.
Mind and body. Searle’s view that mental states are inherently biological implies that the perennial mind-body problem —the problem of explaining how it is possible for minds and bodies to interact—is fundamentally misconceived.
The Chinese room argument holds that a digital computer executing a program cannot have a "mind", "understanding", or "consciousness", [a] regardless of how intelligently or human-like the program may make the computer behave. Philosopher John Searle presented the argument in his paper "Minds, Brains, and Programs", published in Behavioral and ...
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Mar 3, 2015 · “Insights” will feature some of the work of this highly-accomplished group of thinkers. Dan Turello leads off the series by interviewing philosopher John R. Searle. Searle is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.