Searle, John

"The unity of consciousness is a real phenomenon requiring explanation."

"Understanding the mind requires understanding human biology."

"Intentional states have conditions of satisfaction."

"The brain is necessary but not sufficient for consciousness."

"Human institutions are real social facts with causal powers."

"Speech acts are fundamental to human social organization."

"We cannot eliminate subjectivity from accounts of human experience."

"The self is not a separate entity but emerges from embodied consciousness."

"Rationality requires understanding the purposes and contexts of actions."

"Human culture and institutions are products of collective intentionality."

"The objective features of the physical world do not determine all social facts."

"Meaning is created through human intentionality and social practice."

"We must take the subjective character of experience seriously in science."

"Language is a tool for expressing and coordinating human intentions."

"The existence of consciousness poses a fundamental challenge to physicalism."

"Human beings have the power to create new facts through collective agreement."

"Understanding requires grasping the intentional content of mental states."

"The hard problem shows that physical explanation is not sufficient for consciousness."

"Human reason operates within networks of social institutions and practices."

"Consciousness involves a unified perspective on the world."

"We must resist both naive realism and pure constructivism about reality."

"The mind's intentionality allows it to be about things beyond itself."

"Human dignity is rooted in our capacity for consciousness and intentionality."

"Social institutions persist because we collectively maintain them."

"The subjective dimension of human experience is real and irreducible."

"Understanding others requires recognizing their intentionality and consciousness."

"Language allows us to create institutional facts through declaration."

"Consciousness cannot be fully captured in third-person objective descriptions."

"Human rationality involves grasping reasons and responding to them."

"The background enables but does not determine linguistic meaning."