Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) / quote 37 of 138
Mapping out the problems ahead
What I have tried to do in this chapter is to present the framework for the discussions that will follow. The problems will not be treated as of equal weight. Not by any means. The next three chapters will be largely devoted to the mind-body problem. I have already said what I will have to say about animals and sleep. Several problems receive a chapter of their own: intentionality, mental causation, free will, the unconscious, perception, and the self. Some of the other problems, though they are of great importance, will receive only rather brief discussion in this book, because they go far beyond the philosophy of mind, especially skepticism and social science explanation.