Thinking about the mind Cal philosopher takes a stab at explaining why we have consciousness - Reviewed by Troy Jollimore Sunday, December 19, 2004 Mind A Brief Introduction By John R. Searle OXFORD UNIVERSITY; 326 PAGES; $26 Self-knowledge is difficult, as Socrates and virtually every philosopher since Socrates has pointed out. Of all the subjects into which human beings have chosen to inquire, the most resistant to understanding has turned out to be human beings themselves. Indeed, that we researchers have turned out to be our own most recalcitrant subjects must surely constitute one of the leading ironies of post-Enlightenment...