This author of The Construction (*) of Social Reality refined J.L. Austin's theory of discourse withindirect speech acts.
Adapting an idea from G.E.M Anscombe, this thinker distinguished between brute facts and institutionalfacts to posit a theory of society. He argued that deconstructionism was characterized by deliberateobscurantism in his essay "Reiterating the Differences," which prompted a reply from Derrida in the bookLimited Inc. This author of The Construction (*) of Social Reality refined J.L. Austin's theory of discourse withindirect speech acts. Ned Block proposed the Systems Reply to another of this man's ideas. In his paper "Minds,Brains, and Programs" he provided an argument against Strong AI by imagining strips of paper being put under adoor that are either translated by a human or a machine. For 10 points, name this philosopher who formulated theChinese Room argument.
Adapting an idea from G.E.M Anscombe, this thinker distinguished between brute facts and institutionalfacts to posit a theory of society.
John Searle