John Searle – Quotes Lover

An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality...

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An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality...

Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active....

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Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active....

I want to block some common misunderstandings about understanding: In many of these discussions one...

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I want to block some common misunderstandings about understanding: In many of these discussions one...

I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car...

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I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car...

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of...

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In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of...

My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of...

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My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of...

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make...

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Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make...

There are clear cases in which understanding literally applies and clear cases in which it...

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There are clear cases in which understanding literally applies and clear cases in which it...

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

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Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing...

#John Searle

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing...

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim:...

#John Searle

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim:...