Book Review the Rediscovery of the Mind 1 (original) (raw)

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Introduction In this book, the philosopher John Searle presents a wide-ranging and pugnacious critique of much of mainstream cognitive science. In particular, he argues that consciousness is the "central mental phenomenon" [p. xi], and therefore the proper object of cognitive science research, yet he believes that the field has either ignored consciousness or has failed to address it adequately. Searle thinks that most of the dominant philosophical views about the mind and about consciousness are inconsistent with scientific fact or everyday experience. Searle is familiar to members of the artificial intelligence community as one of the field's most vocal critics, starting, at least, with (Searle, 1980), and his "Chinese Room" argument against the possibility of "strong AI." While he certainly still believes that a mind is more than just a suitably programmed digital computer, he is committed to the view that mental phenomena --- specifically including conscious

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