I must confess, I hate the guy in black interviewing Searle. I’m sorry. I don’t know who he is, I don’t know if he’s really that hateable, but that oozy, uppity, falsely-yielding smirk of his, reeking of ‘oh,-all-philosophy-is-so-easy’ makes me nervy. I’ve stumbled across him one or twelve times. I hate him. Why is he dangling his head like that? “John,” [dangle-dangle-dangle] “consciousness seems …”
Searle, on the other hand, is starting more and more to embody every person’s ideal, smart, agreeable grandpa.
I would not know how to evaluate Searle's work, but as a dilectant student I can say that is always an elucidating and delightful reading. Thanks for the video (and the twitter "following"!)
ReplyDeleteWell, I wasn't evaluating it either. :) I was just expressing my childish opinion about it.
ReplyDeleteI think I hate that guy too. Why is he chuckling at Searle every time I see him? It seems like everything is going over his head.
ReplyDeleteI like Searle though; I agree. He seems quite agreeable (unlike this certain somebody, with whom I am dangerously close to having to take a class).
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ReplyDeleteHe's weird, I'll give you that. Why do they have to be like this? They're always so ... edgy (in more ways than one). Good luck with him, though. In one semester I am confident he will talk to you about a very important ... paragraph in the history of philosophy. If you give him enough time, that is, and skip the breaks. And help him.