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Searle to Keynote Philosophy Conference

John Searle

Dr. John Searle

John Searle, Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley and one of the world's best-known philosophers, will deliver the keynote address, "What Is Language?" at the annual meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association on Friday, November 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center. His talk is free and open to the public. Searle received his doctorate at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He has published over ten books in the past twenty years, including Speech Acts, Intentionality, and The Construction of Social Reality, and nineteen books have been published about his work in the field of philosophy in the same twenty years. He has received five honorary degrees and has been awarded the Puffendonf Medal in Sweden, the Mind and Brain Prize in Italy, and the National Humanities Medal in the United States of America.

The Department of Philosophy, in conjunction with the Illinois Philosophical Association, is hosting Searle's lecture. The Illinois Philosophical Association conference will be held on the 3rd floor, East Lounge of the Bone Student Center on November 3rd and 4th. Those wishing to register for the conference or obtain additional information should contact Todd Stewart at tstewar@ilstu.edu or call 309-438-3757.

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