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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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car
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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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car
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I sing both in my shower and in my car, mostly in my car, because I have this weird thing – whenever Im singing to the radio – my friends kind of hate it – but I pick out the harmonies in my head, and Im singing the harmonies to the tracks and Im jamming it out. – Paul McDonald

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car

The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. Theres nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car. – Samantha Barks

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I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart. – Lee Konitz

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car

I hate modern car radios. In my car, I dont even have a push-button radio. Its just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When youre driving, thats all I want. – Chris Isaak

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car

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