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My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in t

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

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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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car
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John Searle
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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

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car
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Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles. – Paul Fussell

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I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions. – Elmer Bernstein

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When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon! – Alexandra Paul

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I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car. – Bob Seger

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