John Searle

John Rogers Searle (July 31st 1932, Denver, Colorado) is an American philosopher who is particularly interested in the Philosophie of the language and with the Philosophie of the spirit. It made its career as a professor of philosophy to the the University of California, Berkeley.

Philosophy

In Philosophy of the spirit, Searle is characterized by its biological Naturalisme.

Acts of dialog and their force illocutoire

The philosophy of the language of John Searle profits from the heritage of Peter Strawson and John Austin. One owes him in particular a classification of the acts of language. In the prolongation of Austin, Searle distinguishes:

• the assertive ones: an assertive act engages the speaker on the veracity of a proposal. Example: to inform.
• the directing ones: directing corresponds to the attempt on behalf of the speaker to obtain something of his recipient. Example: to ask.
• promissifs: promissif engages the speaker on the course of the action. Example: to promise.
• the expressive ones: express the psychological state of the speaker (for example, gratitude). Example: to thank.
• declarations: modify an institutional state. Example: to declare the war.

John Searle thereafter worked with Daniel Vanderveken on this theory of the acts of language in order to determine the success partial or complete of such an act.

Intentionality

Searle defined intentionality as free Causalité of the Volonté as a bipolar mental event.

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