KARL JASPERS FORUM

TA 100 (Smith)

Commentary 13 (to C11, Searle)

( BRAIN AND MIND )

by Bill Adams

27 February 2008, posted 1 March 2008

In Searle's reply to Papineau (Commentary 11 posted on KJF 23 Feb 08), Searle asserts his fundamental belief : "all of my conscious processes are caused by neuronal processes."

Can't Searle's neuronal processes proceed without producing verbal exhaust ? If his words are mere byproducts of his thalamocortical system, why should we pay any attention to what he says ?

If Searle cannot control the verbal output of his autonomous brain, he should quarantine himself until the spasms stop and he regains control of his mind.

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Bill Adams

e-mail <wiladams (at) chapman.edu

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