CHARACTERISTICS AND TROUBLES OF JOHN SEARLE'S BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM

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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, Federal University of 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

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Published

2010-08-11

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2009): Temas Variados

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Artigos Originais

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How to Cite

DE ATHAYDE PRATA, T. CHARACTERISTICS AND TROUBLES OF JOHN SEARLE’S BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, v. 14, n. 1, p. 141–173, 11 Aug.2010.