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From: jeff@festival.ed.ac.uk (J W Dalton)
Subject: Re: Churchland takes on Dennett
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Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 15:44:26 GMT
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rickert@cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:

>Yes, I have just finished reading it.  (I assume you are referring to
>"The Construction of Social Reality").  It is a disappointing book.

>Searle is evidently still committed to his own magical theory of
>consciousness, although he would deny it is magical. 

Can you say something about why you think it's magical?

-- jeff
