272 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
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Direct, combative and wide-ranging, John Searle's philosophy has made fundamental and lasting contributions to thinking in language, mind, knowledge, truth and the nature of social reality. His account of language based on speech-acts, that mind is intentional, and the Chinese Room Argument, are just some of his most famous contributions to philosophical thinking. In this - the first introduction... Read more
Introduction Part I Philosophy of Language 1. Searle's Speech Act Theory 2. Searle's Taxonomy 3. Non-Standard Speech Acts and Speech Activity 4. Metaphor and Fiction Part II Philosophy of Mind 5. Intentionality of Mind and Language 6. Network and Background 7. Rediscovering the Mind 8. Cognitive Psychology and the Unconscious Part III Philosophy of Society and Other Matters 9. Social Reality 10. Institutions 11. Ontology 12. Truth, Representation and Epistemology 13. Summing Up Bibliography Index
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Fotion, Nicholas
