John Searle

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.

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These are some quotes by American author John Searle Philosopher, who was born on December 1, 1932.

Quotes by John Searle

I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing.

John Searle

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

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Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.

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