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John Searle on the Philosophy of Language: Section 2

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Uploaded by on Mar 14, 2008

Bryan Magee hosts (a younger) John Searle to discuss the history of the philosophy of language.

Section 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOlJZabio3g

Section 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3vosOlRZ4

Section 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNMFaL-xrM

Section 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFX0wz86bMw

Section 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpyKwYNt9BM

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  • Searle is a very clear talker

  • A fine interview to have posted, thank you very much Submitter. I am taking a philosophy of language course this semester for schooling and have found this interview to be quite a treat in introducing me to the study. The intro. to my textbook seems to be going on and on about symbols and formal logic rather than showing me examples of 'how' it's important to study language.

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  • His swagger's though the roof!

  • John is going to bring mutton chops back in style

  • @MrNotyag What does that have to do with anything?

  • Searle is charismatic, energetic, articulate, and intelligent. This discussion is exceptional because Brian Magee's guests usually only possess remarkable intelligence. I do not know what the point of this post is, I just felt a need to comment on how refreshing it is to see an intellectual with a endearing personality.

  • Analytic or Continental folks?

  • THANK YOU FOR POSTING ALL OF THESE!!!!!

  • SEGA

  • The result you are referring to, namely that for every formal system L at least as powerful as arithmetic there is always some statement G which is true bu unprovable in L, does not necessarily demonstrate that "logic is not the basis of mathematics." It only demonstrates that the strong logicist thesis, namely that mathematics is reducible to logic, is false.  However, weak logicism is still tenable.

  • Quite vulgar indeed, but I thank you for getting straight to the point..

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