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Why Searle has not rediscovered the mind

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This is a review article about John Searle's most recent book The Rediscovery of the Mind, which criticizes it for not going far enough in its departure from orthodox materialistic views of the brain and mind. It argues that Searle's two central propositions, (1) consciousness is irreducible and (2) consciousness cannot cause anything that cannot be explained by the causal behaviour of neurons, are incompatible; and suggests that it is reasonable and scientifically respectable to reject the latter rather than the former.

Document Type: Review Article

Affiliations: Supreme Court of New South Wales, Queens Square, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.

Publication date: 01 February 1994

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