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John Searle
John Searle
American Philosopher
Born: Dec 1, 1932
Adding Car Cases Concerned Nothing Understanding
Related authors: Allan Bloom Deepak Chopra George Herbert Mead John Dewey Judith Butler Lysander Spooner Robert M. Pirsig William James
Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed. John Searle
Distinction Observation Observed Between Concerned Subjectivity Where Conscious Thing
Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself. John Searle
You Yourself Simple Try Style Say Follow Clearly Concerned Understand Questions Maxim Where Exposition
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions. John Searle
Car Understanding Nothing Analogy Other Adding Machines Attribute Metaphor Proved Often Cognitive
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. John Searle
Natural Tools Our Philosophical Find Examples Purposes Take Make Metaphorical Ice Them Cut Extensions
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
Car Will Sense Nothing Adding Machine Exactly Computer Argue Namely Understand Understands Literal Programmed
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. John Searle
Active Think Liberal Berkeley General Feature Student Student Body Had Intellectually Quite Places Body Who Element

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