What is John Searle?
{{Infobox philosopher |name = John Rogers Searle |image = John searle2.jpg |caption = Searle at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], 2005 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|07|31}} |birth_place = [[Denver]], Colorado, US |era = [[Contemporary philosophy]] |region = [[Western philosophy]] |school_tradition = [[Analytic philosophy|Analytic]] |main_interests = {{unbulleted list |[[Philosophy of language]] |[[Philosophy of mind]] |[[Intentionality]]{{·}}[[Social reality]]}} |alma_mater = [[University of Wisconsin]]<br/>[[Christ Church, Oxford]] |notable_ideas = [[Speech act#Indirect speech acts|Indirect speech acts]]<br/>[[Chinese room]]<br/>[[Biological naturalism]] |influences = <!--Alphabetically:-->{{hlist |[[G. E. M. Anscombe|Anscombe]]|[[J. L. Austin|Austin]] |[[Noam Chomsky|Chomsky]] |[[Gottlob Frege|Frege]]| [[Paul Grice|Grice]] |[[David Hume|Hume]] |[[Bertrand Russell|Russell]] |[[P. F. Strawson|Strawson]] |[[Ludwig Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]]}} |influenced = |signature = John_Searle_Signature.png|9/16/2011 |spouse = Dagmar Searle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/prilohy/2012/2/3-8.pdf|title=Introduction: John Searle in Czech Context|author=|date=2012|work=Sav.sk|access-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref> |website = {{nowrap|{{URL|http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/searle|Homepage at UC Berkeley}}}} }} '''John Rogers Searle''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɜr|l}}; born 31 July 1932) is an American [[philosopher]]. He is the Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Language and Professor of the Graduate School at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He is known for his contributions to the [[philosophy of language]], [[philosophy of mind]], and [[social philosophy]], he began teaching at UC Berkeley in 1959. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Searle, John}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American philosophers]] [[Category:Educators from Denver]] [[Category:Writers from Denver]] {{US-bio