John Rogers Searle’s Biological Naturalism: A Defense Of Traditional Mind-Body Problem
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
Even in recent times majority among the neurobiologists do not regard consciousness as a suitable topic for scientific investigation. This disinclination is based on certain philosophical mistakes. There is this assumption that the subjectivity of consciousness made it beyond the reach of an objective science. Once we see that consciousness is a biological phenomenon like any other, it can be investigated neurobiologically. Viewed empirically Consciousness is a phenomenon entirely caused by neurobiological processes and is realized in brain structures. An important quality of consciousness we need to unlock is the unified qualitative subjectivity. In other words Consciousness differs from other biological phenomena since it has a subjective or first-person ontology. It is claimed that this subjective ontology does not prevent us from having an epistemically objective science of consciousness, and this seems essential if we need to overcome the philosophical tradition that treats the mental and the physical as two distinct metaphysical realms. Such an attempt has been made by John Searle and his popular attempt to resolve mind-body problem known as Biological Naturalism. The present paper intends to site Searle’s attempt to resolve the puzzles in consciousness research as setting a new orientation for research in this area.
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Soumya. A. S.
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