%0 Journal Article %T CHARACTERISTICS AND TROUBLES OF JOHN SEARLE'S BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM CARACTER赤STICAS E DIFICULDADES DO NATURALISMO BIOL車GICO DE JOHN SEARLE %A T芍rik de Athayde Prata %J Phil車sophos : Revista de Filosofia %D 2010 %I %R 10.5216/phi.v14i1.8795 %X The paper aims at giving a general exposition of John Searle*s solution of the mind-body problem 每 biological naturalism 每 and examines its fundamental theses, and some of its consequences. The exam of such theses 每 which delineates the characteristics of Searle's theory 每 shows that the theory has three main difficulties, since it holds some assertions which at first sight seem to be incompatible. %K Problema mente-corpo %K Searle %K redu o %K causa o mental %U http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/philosophos/article/view/8795