Self-in-a-vat: On John Searle's ontology of reasons for acting

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John Searle has developed a theory of reasons for acting that intends to rescue the freedom of the will, endangered by casual determination, whether physical or psychological. Given the fact that mental states are nothing but physical, Searle's criticism for free will, namely, its independence from brain processes that embody it, sounds dualistic.

Science & research, Research, Analysis, Free will and determinism, Free will, Ontology, Searle, John Rogers

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The reception of the sokal affair in France-"Pomo' hunting or Intellectual McCarthyism?: a propos of impostures intellectualEs by A. Sokal and J.

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The issues regarding the social sciences, scientificity and postmodernism that are involved in Sokal Affair created a huge debate in France. The debate mentions a wide span of positions, from methodological disagreement to the approvals.

France, Evaluation, Social sciences, Postmodernism, Sokal, Alan, Bricmont, Jean

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On Rawls's distinction between perfect and imperfect procedural justice

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John, Rawls' distinction between perfect and imperfect procedural justice is discussed. The distinction relies on the notion of a procedure that is guaranteed to lead to a certain independently specifiable result.

John, Rawl

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