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John Searle Has Died

by emmelaich on 9/29/25, 11:13 AM with 3 comments

• by franksvalli on 9/29/25, 3:35 PM

  Had the chance to see him speak at Google ten years back. I took a bunch of photos and added them to Wikimedia Commons for anyone interested in publishing articles: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:John_Searle

  (this isn't a promotion, these are free to use photos)

• by ergocoder on 9/30/25, 5:09 AM

  He was falsely accused of Title IX violations (e.g. sexual harassment or discrimination). The investigation concluded that he didn't do anything wrong.

  But Carol Christ, the chancellor, decided to reverse the investigation's conclusion and stripped John's emeritus status.

  Holy. This Carol Christ person is evil.

  Source: https://www.colinmcginn.net/john-searle/

• by 31337Logic on 9/29/25, 1:06 PM

  RIP to a great mind. :-(