Minds, Brains and Science

Prospects for the Social Sciences

Study sheet #6 ________________________

Phl 204

1) What is the difference between commonsense explanations of behavior and the standard form of scientific explanation?

2) Why is there no “science of furniture”?

3) Does Searle think that the social sciences are or can actually be science? What is the relationship between scientific laws and fundamental particles?

4) Why can’t wars and revolutions be described on the basis of molecule movements?

5) What does Searle mean by “bridge principles”?

6) If not laws in a scientific sense, what is the “glue” that holds the social sciences together?