Searle: Philosophy of Mind, lecture 1

John Searle

Philosophy of Mind, lecture 1

UC-Berkeley Philosophy 132, Spring 2011

MP3s of the entire course:

[footballsamurai]

I had the pleasure of taking two courses from Prof. Searle at Cal, "Intro to Philosophy" and "The Philosophy of Language". They were great.

[Awscerts]

Philosophy of Mind course:

lecture 1 Cartesian Dualism, Mind-Body Problem, Perception
lecture 2 Descartes’s Problems & Solutions, Other Positions
lecture 3 Behaviorism, Identity Theory, Functionalism
lecture 4 Recap, The Computational Theory of the Mind
lecture 5 Eliminativism, Anomalous Monism, Absent Qualia
lecture 6 Rigid Designators, The Chinese Room Argument
lecture 7 Strong AI, Cognitivism, Machines, Panpsychism
lecture 8 Cognitive Science, Vision, Connectionism
lecture 9 Consciousness, Thought Experiments, Objectivity
lecture 10 Observer-relativity, Searle’s Mind-Body Solution
lecture 11 Zombies, Supervenience, Mental Causation
lecture 12 Extended Mind, Mysterians, Causal Reduction
lecture 13 Searle’s Solutions to Descartes’s Problems
lecture 14 Property Dualism, Structure of Intentionality
lecture 15 Intentionality, cont., The Background
lecture 16 Overview, Intentionality of Human Action
lecture 17 Basic Actions, Naive Realism vs Representation
lecture 18 Perception, Twin Earth Argument, Determinacy
lecture 19 Intentionality of Vision, Perception, cont.
lecture 20 Perception, cont., Internalism vs Externalism
lecture 21 Externalism, Mental Causation, Extended Mind
lecture 22 Hume on Causation, The Problem of Induction
lecture 23 Sociobiology, The Connection Principle
lecture 24 Unconscious Rules, Indeterminacy, VOR, LAD
lecture 25 Aspectual Shape, Current CogSci, Free Will
lecture 26 Compatibilism, Quantum Indeterminacy, Self
lecture 27 The Background, Personal Identity, Self
lecture 28 Animal Minds, Review of the Philosophy of Mind

[AlexandrePorto]

Just finished watching the whole 28 classes, started again. Excellent course, so much knowledge.

[chris]

I miss philosophy so much. It has been along while since graduating from the University. My major is Philosophy. Mr. Searle is one of my favorite philosophers.

[jessematthews]

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[danwroy]

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[willtowin]

A mind expanding information one can feel the difference in perspective after finishing this course
Highly appreciated and recommended

[mysee]

A huge thank you for the uploading all the John Searle lectures

[WisdomisPower-inminute-dnno]

This topic has been a focus on my channel recently. Thrilled to find others exploring the same ideas.

[sobradosocialscience]

Searle describes it as biological naturalism. it’s framework that explains consciousness as being very real and not an illusion whilst still being reduced to naturalistic materialism but it is also designed to bypass the problems of materials and consciousness for how something like non conscious matter produces qualia. It marries dualism with materialism whilst rejecting both simultaneously. I only had this clarified to me last week during an interview with him

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[JosephDuvernay]

It's hard to find words for the appreciation of Minds like Mr. Prof. John Searle - not to fan be, but yes!

[e.l.]

Man, when I was a kid, this is some of the stuff I wished was real.

[evinnra]

Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation, John Searle in his usual no nonsense style goes straight to the point he wants to make. Have to agree with the main point he makes that whatever is that we call consciousness is all natural and present in our physical reality. That said, blaming dualism, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and Hegel for a misunderstanding present in modern philosophy is not quite fair IMHO. Leibniz couldn't have invented the calculus if he held that there is a gap between what we call today mental states and the perceptions we have. In fact, it was Leibniz who first mentioned something akin to the subconscious mind existing and influencing our conscious perception/awareness, stating that there is difference between ideas having different levels of clearness or distinctness.,

[CBSflight]

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[jinsherpa]

this is so helpful for my course right now.
I understand more from his lectures than my class lectures

[wishcraftu]

What was the recommended literature for this course?

[anasfk]

A truly wonderful resource. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a link to the readings for the course anywhere online?

[WilliamLetzkus]

Searle gives the most commonsense arguments in the Phil. of Mind.   I agree with most of his positions.  

[ruvstof]

He is a genial teacher. And the best philosopher in the last 30 years.