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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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when Im washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones that you sing when youre driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them. – Al Jarreau

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You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance. – Emerson Fittipaldi

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Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but thats because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. – Richard Dawkins

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My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive. – Rodney Dangerfield

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