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Obituary

John Searle (1932-2025)

Mariam Awwad sums up a very philosophical consciousness.

John Rogers Searle was a highly influential philosopher of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, shaping discussions on language, mind, and the nature of understanding for over sixty years.

Born in Denver in 1932, Searle studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He later won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, where he earned his doctorate under J.L. Austin and Peter Strawson.

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