Essays about: "John Searle"

Found 2 essays containing the words John Searle.

1. 1. Is Searle a Property Dualist?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Felix Schröder; [2019]
   Keywords : John Searle; biological naturalism; reduction; consciousness; property dualism; mental causation; causality; physicalism; philosophy of mind; epiphenomenalism; overdetermination;

   Abstract : It has often been argued that John Searle’s theory of mind, biological naturalism, due to its commitment to mental irreducibility amounts to no more than disguised property dualism. I suggest that a thorough analysis of Searle’s somewhat unusual views on the nature of reduction reveals this irreducibility to be not a metaphysical relation between mental properties and physical but one concerned only with the semantics of the respective terms used to refer to these. READ MORE

3. 2. Persuasion in social media : A study of Instagram influencers' usage of persuasive speech acts

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Alissa de Aquino Carlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : persuasive speech acts; John Searle; online marketing; Instagram influencers;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how different fitness Instagram influencers use persuasive speech acts in their marketing posts. Another aim is to look at the similarities and differences between the influencers’ use of linguistic strategies and speech acts. READ MORE