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    Review of Martha Holstein’s Women in later Life: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Age
    (The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, 2018) Collins, Louise
    A review of Martha Holstein's Women in late life: critical perspectives on gender and age.
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    The Scientific Study of Consciousness: Searle’s Radical Request
    (Cambridge Entomological Club, 2010-01) Ananth, Mahesh, 1969-
    John Searle offers what he thinks to be a reasonable scientific approach to the understanding of consciousness. I argue that Searle is demanding nothing less than a Kuhnian-type revolution with respect to how scientists should study consciousness given his rejection of the subject-object distinction and affirmation of mental causation. As part of my analysis, I reveal that Searle embraces a version of emergentism that is in tension, not only with his own account, but also with some of the theoretical tenets of science. I conclude that Searle has offered little to motivate scientists to adopt his proposal.