JOHN R. SEARLE -- CURRICULUM VITAE

Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language
University of California, Berkeley

Education:

University of Wisconsin, 1949-52
Oxford University, 1952-59 (Rhodes Scholar)

Publications: (books only)

Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (1969)

The Campus War (1971)

Expression and Meaning: Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts (1979)

Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind (1983)

Minds, Brains and Science (1984)

The Foundations of Illocutionary Logic (with Daniel Vanderveken, 1985)

The Rediscovery of the Mind (1992)

The Construction of Social Reality (1995)

The Mystery of Consciousness (1997)

Mind, Language and Society, Philosophy in the Real World (1998)

Rationality in Action (2001)

Conversations with John Searle, Gustavo Feigenbaum (2001)

La Universidad Desafiada, el Ataque Postmodernista en las Humanidades y las Ciencias Sociales, (2002)

Consciousness and Language, (2002)

For articles, reprints and translations see Bibliography.
There are translations into 21 languages

Major works about the work of John R. Searle:

Reinhard B. Nolte: Einfuehrung in die Sprechakttheorie John R. Searles (1978)

Versus, 26/27, (1980), "Speech Act Theory: Ten Years Later" (Special issue of periodical devoted to the work of John R. Searle)

William Garnett, The Springs of Consciousness,. The 1984 Reith Lectures of Professor Searle critically examined, (1987)

Ernest Lepore and Robert van Gulick (eds.): John Searle and his Critics, (1991)

Herman Parret, and Jef Vershueren, (eds.) (On) Searle on Conversation, (1992)

Eric Schaefer, Grenzen der Kuenstlichen Intelligenz, John R. Searle´s Philosophie Des Geistes, (1994)

Eric Dietrich, (ed.), Thinking Computers and Virtual Persons, (1994)

Wallace Matson, From Descartes to Searle, volume 2 of A New History of Philosophy, (2000).

Francesca Di Lorenzo Ajello, Mente, azione e linguaggio nel pensiero di John R. Searle, (1998)

Nick Fotion, John Searle, (2000)

William Hirstein, On Searle, (2001)

Searle - with his replies, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, June, 2001. (Issue devoted to the work of John R.Searle, in the series: Contemporary Philosophers, Philosophes contemporains.)

John Preston and Mark Bishop (eds.) Views into the Chinese Room, New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence, (2002)

"Symposium: The Ramifications of John Searle´s Social Philosophy in Economics", The Journal of Economic Methodology, March 2002. (Issue devoted to the work of John R. Searle.)

Gunther Grewendorf and Georg Meggle (eds), Speech Acts, Mind and Social Reality,
Discussions with John R. Searle (2002)

Conferences devoted to the work of John R. Searle:

Australian Philosophical Association meetings at the University of Queensland,
Brisbane, 1987.

Conference at University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana, 1992

Argentine Philosophical Society Conference
Buenos Aires, 1998

Spanish Philosophical Association Conference at the Universita de la Laguna,
Tenerife, Canary Islands, 1997.

Conference at the Zentrum fuer interdisziplinaere Forschung, Bielefeld, Germany, 1999.

Conference at the University of Leipzig, Germany, 1999.

Plus conference sessions in the United States, Canada, England, Austria and Finland.

Honors and Awards:

Jovellanos prize, Spain, 2000

Jean Nicod Prize, France, 2000

Tasan Award, Korea, 2000

Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Berkeley, 1999

Fellow and Lecturer: World Economic Forum, Davos Switzerland, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2001

M.H. Wood Memorial Lecturer, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1994

Founders´ Day Lecturer, Eastern Washington University, 1994

Homer Smith Award, New York University Medical School, 1993

Gordon Tomkins Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University
of California, San Francisco, 1993

Carl Gustav Hempel Lecturer, Princeton University, 1993

Thalheimer Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1992

Immanuel Kant Lecturer, Stanford University, 1992

Fellow of Rockefeller Center at Bellagio, Italy, 1991

President of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 1990

Delegate from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, summer 1988

University of California Faculty Research Lecturer, 1986-87

Phi Beta Kappa, Romanell Lecturer, 1986-87

Fulbright Award, twice, 1985 and 1983 (unable to accept either appointment
because of schedule conflicts)

Reith Lecturer, BBC, London, 1984

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, 1982-83. (lecturing at numerous universities)

Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1977--

U.C. Humanities Institute Research Fellowship, 1975-76

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1975-76

NATO. Professorship, Oslo, Norway, 1971

U.C. Humanities Institute Research Fellowship, 1967-68

ACLS Study Fellowship, 1963-64

Senior Scholarship, St. Anthony´s College, Oxford, 1955-56

Boulter Exhibition, Christ Church, Oxford, 1954-55

Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, 1952-55

Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Year, University of Wisconsin, 1952

Alumni Scholarship, University of Wisconsin, 1951-52

Student Body President, University of Wisconsin, 1951

Regular Teaching:

Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1959 --
(Assistant Professor; 1959-64, Associate Professor 1964-67 -, Professor 1967 --)

Lecturer in Philosophy, Christ Church, Oxford, 1956-59

Visiting Posts:

Distinguished Austin J. Fogathey, S.J., Professor of Philosophy, Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara, California, Summer 1998

Visiting Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark, spring 1997

Visiting Professor, University of Rome (Roma III), Italy, spring, 1995

Visiting Professor, Universitaet Graz, Austria, spring, 1994

Visiting Professor, College de France, Paris, summer, 1992

Visiting Professor, Charles University, Prague, summer, 1991

Visiting Professor, College Internationale de Philosophie, Paris, summer 1991

Visiting Professor, Free University, Berlin, Germany, summer, 1990

Visiting Professor of Psychology, University of Florence, Italy, summer 1989

Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities,
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, Winter 1986

Visiting Professor, University of Venice, Italy, Summer 1986

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,
New Jersey, spring 1986

Visiting Professor, Johan Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany, summer 1985

Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, International Semiotics Institute,
Toronto, Canada, summer 1982

Visiting Professor, University of Campinas, Brazil, summer 1981

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
autumn 1980

Rockefeller Scholar, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, summer 1976

Visiting Professor, University of Oslo, Norway, autumn 1971

Visiting Professor, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, Summer Linguistics Institute of the L.S.A., summer 1971

Visiting Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford, England, 1967-68

Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, summer 1963

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1961-62

Invited Lectures:

Hundreds of lectures given at numerous universities and colleges, and before professional groups in the United States and Canada, as well as in England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Israel, India, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Czech Republic and Russia. (Special lectures, series of lectures, memorial lectures, Visiting Distinguished Philosopher lectures and seminars, addresses to conferences, etc.)

University Service, U.C. Berkeley:

Chairman, Department of Philosophy, 1973-75.

Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Student Affairs, 1965-67.

Served on numerous departmental, campus, and state-wide committees

Other Professional Service as member of the following bodies:

National Council of the National Endowment of the Humanities, 1992-96

Neurosciences Research Program, Neurosciences Research Institute,
La Jolla, California, 1989-96

Scientific Board of the Vilem Mathesius Centre, Charles University, Prague, 1994--

European Academy of Science and Art (Academia Scientiarium et Artium Europaea), 1993--

Cognitive Science Group, University of California, Berkeley, 1981 --

Board of Directors, American Council of Learned Societies, 1979-87

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1976 --

Board of Trustees, National Humanities Center, 1976-1990

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Committee to Establish a National
Humanities Center, 1974-76

Council for Philosophical Studies, 1975-80

Visiting Committee, MIT, 1972-78

A.P.A. Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession, 1971-73

Editorial Boards:

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Linguistics and Philosophy

Cognitive Science Series, Harvard University Press.

Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Other Public Service:

Steering Committee, The Decade of the Brain, Library of Congress, 1990 - 2000

ACLU, Northern California, Board of Directors, 1969-72

American Council of Education, Special Committee on Campus Tensions, 1968-70

Presidential Advisory Group on Student Unrest, "The Heard Commission," 1970

Advisor to the President´s Commission on Student Unrest, "The Scranton Commission," 1970

Regular Panelist on PBS program "World Press", 1960-77; Moderator, 1972-74

Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee (various times)

Lecturer or panelist on numerous educational programs on television and radio: on BBC, ITV, PBS and other U.S. and European networks, as well as on the web.