CHARACTERISTICS AND TROUBLES OF JOHN SEARLE'S BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM

Authors

  • Tárik de Athayde Prata Universidade Federal de Sergipe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v14i1.8795

Keywords:

mind-body problem, Searle, reduction, mental causation.

Abstract

The paper aims at giving a general exposition of John Searle’s solution of the mind-body problem – biological naturalism – and examines its fundamental theses, and some of its consequences. The exam of such theses – which delineates the characteristics of Searle's theory – shows that the theory has three main difficulties, since it   holds some assertions which at first sight seem to be incompatible.

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Author Biography

Tárik de Athayde Prata, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Graduado em Psicologia e Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará. Doutor em Filosofia pela Ruprecht-Karl Universität de Heidelberg (Alemanha). Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Published

2010-08-11

How to Cite

DE ATHAYDE PRATA, T. CHARACTERISTICS AND TROUBLES OF JOHN SEARLE’S BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 14, n. 1, p. 141–173, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v14i1.8795. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/8795. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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