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Goncharova, S. Yu. About John Searle and His Philosophical Activity

Abstract: The article is devoted to the biography of one of the most powerful analytical philosophers John Searle. His biography includes interesting personal and historical data about the philosopher’s childhood, teaching at Oxford and philosophical researches throughout his 40-year experience as a professor at University of California, Berkeley (California, USA). His scientific and creative activity has made a great contribution to researching language, mind and consciousness, human rationality and processes of building social reality. John Searle’ philosophical works received international recognition and his biography was translated into several languages. The philosopher also gave his lectures all over the world.


Keywords:

philosophy, Searle, college, Oxford, philosophizing method, philosophy of language, speech acts, Jane Austen, Berkleley, the mind issue.


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