Simple Solution of the ‘Complicated Problem’ (Critics of John Searle’s
Solution of the Mind- Body Problem)


	Philosophy and Culture Reference: Goncharova, S. Yu. Simple Solution of the ‘Complicated Problem’ (Critics of John Searle’s Solution of the Mind- Body Problem) // Philosophy and Culture. 2012. № 11. P. 77-83. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=61646 Goncharova, S. Yu. Simple Solution of the ‘Complicated Problem’ (Critics of John Searle’s Solution of the Mind- Body Problem) Abstract: The article provides arguments for B. Kaplan’s and T. Nagel’s critical remarks about John Searle’s solution of the mind-body problem. Searle explained the cause of the mental based on the emergence conception. From such point of viwe, subjectivity of the reality is transformed into a biologial or physical property so the mind becomes a mental and, consequently, a physical property of the brain similar to the liquid state being the property of the molecular system. As opposed to Searle’s thesis saying that the mind is the product of the brain activity and its property at the same time, the author of this particular article analyzes arguments against such concept both in science and philosophy. Keywords: philosophy, consciousness, mind, John Searle, causality, feature, description level, dualism, psyche, physical. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article References 1. Vasil'ev V.V. Trudnaya problema soznaniya. M.: Progress-Traditsiya, 2009. 269 s. 2. Serl Dzh. Otkryvaya soznanie zanovo / Perevod s angl. A.F. Gryaznova. M.: Ideya-Press, 2002. 256 s. 3. Uilber K. Integral'naya teoriya soznaniya [Elektronnyy resurs] // [PDF] Wilber, Ken. An integral theory of consciousness // Journal of Consciousness Studies. Volume 4. Number 1. 1997. P. 71-92(22) / Perevedeno i opublikovano: mart 2007/. 4. Caplan B. Solving the Mind-Body Problem: Dualism vs. Searle, 1992. [Elektronnyy resurs] // http:// econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/Searle. 5. Huemer M., What is the mind/body problem? [Elektronnyy resurs] // http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~owl/ mind.html. 6. Place U.T. Identifying the Mind: Selected Papers of U.T. Place, edited by George Graham and Elizabeth R. Valentine, Oxford University Press, 2004. 232 p. 7. Searle John (1992) The Rediscovery of the Mind, Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press. 270 p. 8. Searle J.R. Minds, Brains and Science: The 1984 Reith Lectures, Harvard University Press, 1984. 9. Searle J.R. Mind, a brief introduction, Oxford University Press, 2004. 336 p. 10. Tiller W.A. Science and Human Transformation: Subtle Energies, Intentionality and Consciousness, Pavior Publishers, 1997

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Goncharova, S. Yu. Simple Solution of the ‘Complicated Problem’ (Critics of John Searle’s Solution of the Mind- Body Problem)