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Quote by John Searle
We often attribute understanding and other cognitive predicates by

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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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. – John Searle

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Were just into toys, whether its motorcycles or race cars or computers. Ive got the Palm Pilot right here with me, Ive got the worlds smallest phone. Maybe its just because Im still a big little kid and I just love toys, you know? – Catherine Bell

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