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The Explanation of Cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2010

John R. Searle
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What sorts of systematic explanations should we and can we seek in cognitive science for perception, language comprehension, rational action and other forms of cognition? In broad outline I think the answer is reasonably clear: We are looking for causal explanations, and our subject matter is certain functions of a biological organ, the human and animal brain.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 42 , March 1997 , pp. 103 - 126
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1997

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