50 years of John Searle at Berkeley

To find a 90 minute podcast of this gathering, which is remarkable for the quality of the speeches given in honor of philosopher John Searle, search under "searle 50 berkeley" at iTunes U (or follow this link).

John Searle’s 50 Years at Berkeley—A Celebration

A celebration of John Searle’s 50 years of distinguished service to the UC Berkeley campus, with reflections by Tom Nagel, Barry Stroud, Robert Cole, Alex Pines, Peter Hanks, and Maya Kronfeld.

While I disagree strongly with Searle's most famous philosophical construct -- the so called Chinese room argument against strong AI (see also here) -- I've always found his writing and argumentation to be exceptionally clear, at least for a philosopher ;-)

See also Paul Graham against philosophy.