Thinking About the Conscious Mind

Mind A Brief Introduction. By John R. Searle. Oxford University Press, New York, 2004. 336 pp. $22, £14.99. ISBN 0-19-515733-8. Fundamentals of Philosophy. Writing for a broad, nonspecialist audience, the author argues against "all of the most famous and influential theories" in the philosophy of mind and for his interpretation of topics such as the mind-body problem, consciousness, and free will.