Autor/-in: Searle John

John Searle, Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the most eminent contemporary philosophers. Educated at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, he taught at Christ Church Oxford before moving to Berkeley, where he has been teaching since 1959. His eighteen published books include Speech Acts. (1969), Expression and Meaning. (1979), Intentionality. (1983), The Rediscovery of the Mind. (1992), The Construction of Social Reality. (1995), and Rationality in Action. (2002). Among his many prizes and awards he received the Jean Nicod prize in 2000 and the National Humanities Medal in 2004.