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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Searle"”.
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Intencionalidad y acciones colectivas. Una lectura desde Searle e Isaacs
… que podrían tener dos autores particulares: John Searle y Tracy Isaacs. El texto está dividido en cinco partes. En la primera presentamos la propuesta del filósofo estadounidense John Searle sobre lo que él considera que es IC. En la segunda sección presentamos tres puntos que podrían considerarse …
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Intentionalität in der neueren Diskussion bei Dennett, Searle und Chisholm
… nämlich die von Dennett, Searle und Chisholm miteinander verglichen werden. Im Vordergrund dieses Vergleichs steht die Frage ob Intentionalität unter Berücksichtigung des semantic ascent als Erklärung für Wahrnehmung und Handlung taugt und wie sich die drei …
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A new model of illocutionary force
… makes to get there. Comparatively few thinkers (Searle is the obvious exception, and there are a few others) have shown any interest developing, applying or criticising Austin’s taxonomy. The initial isolation of the class of performative utterances, on the other hand, despite the fact that it …
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The role of transcendental arguments in Searle's inclusive theory of meaning
… of this thesis that the ongoing problems Searle has encountered trying to establish a theory of mental and linguistic meaning come from a failure to properly interpret the relation between his notion of 'Background' and his theory of Intentionality. The present thesis interprets Searle's …
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Problemas epistemológicos asociados a la implementación de la ilocutividad en teorías pragmáticas naturalistas
… el tratamiento de la ilocutividad en la obra de Searle a partir de su obra "Intencionalidad" y posteriores. 8. Se ensaya una explicación del origen de la convención comunicativa dentro de la obra de Searle sin apelar a la noción de "intencionalidad colectiva". 9. Se disecciona la inclusión de la …
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A Teleosemantic Theory Of The Deep-Unconscious: A Response To John R. Searle's Account Of The Unconscious
In mind, John R. Searle dismisses the deep-unconscious on the grounds that it neither satisfies the connection principle nor does it exhibit intentionality. I argue against Searle's account of the unconscious. My initial reason for rejecting Searle's account is that he sacrifices the theoretical …
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Quintessence of Dust: Cognitive Neuroscience and an Actor's Process
… of consciousness, supported by the work of John Searle and Antonio Damasio. The phenomenal feeling of character-model control is discussed and supported by the work of Thomas Metzinger. The paper also considers our relative understanding of mirror neurons and specifically their function in …
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Speech act theory, discourse structure and indirect speech
… It originated with Austin, but was developed by Searle. The theories of Austin and Searle are described and several problem areas are identified. If it is to be a viable theory of language usage, speech act theory must be able to integrate with a theory of discourse structure, because if speech …
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Mind, meaning and miscommunication
… those of Davidson, Frege, Grice, Putnam, Searle and Tarski. I assess their strengths and weaknesses in the light of the cases of miscommunication that have some bearing upon them. In the final part of the thesis I attempt to provide a coherent account of what meaning is, and how meaning …
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Causal efficacy and externalist mental content
… popular grade of internalism, endorsed by John Searle among others, and argues that it is untenable.
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Investigating contemporary social commentary in South African performance: Theatre, stand-up comedy, rap and visual performance
… Early B, and Van Pletzen), and visual art (Berni Searle, Brett Murray, and Steven Cohen). The study explored how artists interrogate questions of identity, inequality, memory and power. Drawing on performance theory and cultural analysis, the research demonstrates that these practitioners do more …
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A dimensão dialógica dos atos ilocucionários na tessitura argumentativa dos gêneros acadêmicos: uma análise pragmático-discursiva de dissertações
… pesquisas defendidas por Austin (1990 [1962]) e Searle (2000, 2005 [1979], 2011 [1969]), também Rajagopalan (1990, 1996, 2010) sobre os atos de linguagem; nos contributos de Authier-Revuz (1990, 1999, 2004), Bakhtin (1993, 1997 [1979]), Bres e Nowakowska (2006), eVolóchinov (2018 [1929]), quanto …
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Samkennd og samskipti: Turing-prófið í ljósi tungumálagreiningar Maurice Merleau-Ponty
… eða ekki. Sterk mótrök Neds Block og Johns Searle byggja á þeirri athugun að það er hægt að hugsa sér tölvur sem einfaldlega fletta upp fyrirframákveðnum svörum við spurningum viðmælenda sinna og standast þannig Turing-prófið án þess að hafa neina getu til þess að hugsa, eða eins og Block …
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Comprendre les formes nominales d'adresse dans les SMS échangés entre tchadiens: formes et fonctions
… et des actes de langage selon Searle (1972), nous permet d’observer 1- l’originalité de l’utilisation de ces termes dans cette variété de français; 2- leurs valeurs relationnelles. Ces observations nous ont permis d’esquisser certains principes généraux de l’éthos …
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On interpellation: an introduction to specular sociology
… enunciative systems (cf. Foucault, 1972; Searle, 1969). The delineation of this discourse defines the incipient field of specular sociology.
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Electrode performance and signal processing strategies for the discrimination of EEG alpha waves : implications for environmental control by unconstrained subjects without training
The phenomenon of the increase in alpha EEG activity associated with eye closure has been shown to be successful for implementing environmental control for disabled persons. Studies in this thesis investigate strategies which improve the reliability, robustness, and ease of use of alpha EEG control …
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Exploring the application of Design Thinking to develop a work-based learning programme for hospitality and tourism
Due to the significant effect the COVID-19 epidemic had on employment and education within the tourism and hospitality sectors (Cameron et al., 2022; Carr, 2020; Fletcher et al., 2022) the purpose of this research project was to identify whether a different approach to vocational learning could …
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Fiscal policy and the current account evidence from South Africa
This paper investigates the link between fiscal policy and the current account in post-apartheid South Africa using Bayesian-Vector Autoregressions (BVARs). Consistent with the predictions of the twin deficit hypothesis, the analysis reports a strong positive relationship between the government …
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Celia's Ghosts: Liminality and Authenticity in De/extinction
What might it mean if extinction doesn’t last forever? This thesis grapples with that question through the case of the bucardo, an endemic subspecies of ibex from the Pyrenees, Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica. The bucardo has long been an emblematic feature of the Pyrenean landscape. Hunting drove it to …
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African legislatures and HIV/AIDS : an exploratory analysis
Since 1981 AIDS has killed more than 25 million people world-wide, the majority of whom lived within developing countries. The worst affected region, Sub Saharan Africa, currently has 3.5% of the world’s population yet 37% of the world’s people living with HIV. In light of the magnitude of the …
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