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I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions o
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions o
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions o
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions o
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions o
I want to block some common misunderstandings about 'understanding': In many of these discussions o
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John Searle:
In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y;John Searle:
There are clear cases in which 'understanding' literally applies and clear cases in which it does nJohn Searle:
My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business.John Searle:
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars,John Searle:
Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributioJohn Searle:
I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the addJohn Searle:
Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and theJohn Searle:
Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.John Searle:
Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can'tJohn Searle:
An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentio