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You need to know enough of the natural sciences so that you are not a stranger in the world.

— John Searle The Storm Over the University (1990)

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Dualism makes the problem insoluble; materialism denies the existence of any phenomenon to study, and hence of any problem.

Consciousness and Language (2002)

The Intentionality of the mind not only creates the possibility of meaning, but limits its forms.

Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind (1983)

Materialism ends up denying the existence of any irreducible subjective qualitative states of sentience or awareness.

Consciousness and Language (2002)

You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others.

"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

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