John Rogers Searle

John Rogers Searle is an American philosopher born in 1932.

He was a professor at UC Berkeley, specializing in philosophy of language, mind, and social philosophy.

Searle is known for his contributions to speech act theory and his Chinese Room thought experiment.

He was the first tenured professor to join the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.

Searle has received numerous accolades, including the Jean Nicod Prize and the National Humanities Medal.

His work has been influential in various philosophical fields, particularly in discussions of consciousness and artificial intelligence.