John Searle

John Rogers Searle
Searle at Christ Church, Oxford, 2005
Born	(1932-07-31) July 31, 1932 Denver, Colorado, US
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse	Dagmar Searle
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Main interests	Philosophy of language Philosophy of mind Intentionality · Social reality
Notable ideas	Indirect speech acts Chinese room Biological naturalism
Influences Anscombe Austin Chomsky Frege Grice Hume Russell Strawson Wittgenstein
Website	Homepage at UC Berkeley
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John Rogers Searle (/sɜːrl/; 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.