Dr. John Searle Part 1 - Language, Literacy and the Modern Mind

In this the first part of our interview with Dr. John Searle we discuss the difference between human language and animal communication and how literacy acted as the 'enabling technology' that gave rise to the modern human mind and the institutions of civilization.

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Education

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• mind
• consciousness
• cognition
• philosophy
• language
• learning
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[icarus166]

Dennett is a thoroughly overrated thinker who has contributed little profound insight and whose fame far exceeds his actual work.

Controveriality of topics and views combined with a general accesibility of work to larger public seems enough. The same can be observed with the likes of Fukuyama

[RECurseTO]

Native Indians used to build civilizations without writing system

[HumanActivitySystem]

It's surreal to watch a series of videos with someone in them for hours, over a couple of days, and then search their name again, click on a different series, and see them 30-40 years later. It seems like a supremely absurd, well orchestrated joke, is played on you (if you're me at least).

[S2Cents]

Searle is a great speaker, by which I mean he is clear, concise, accurate and has good tonality and expressiveness. Unlike Dennett who sedates and even bores when talking about interesting subjects.

[ThisMachineKillsReds]

Searle is obviously thought a lot on this, and he has a good Aristotilian point about the ontology of concepts.

[hootiepaladin]

Thanks Professor!

[atnerus]

Джон Сёрл о современном мышлении, о языке, знаниях... 

[FB1801]

A great scholar.