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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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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L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. – Lee Child

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American stuntmen are smart – they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance… But in Hong Kong, we dont know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If youve got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt. – Jackie Chan

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Dear motorist on the information superhighway. Im sorry I do not have a car. – Eric San

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I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do that. I have a relationship to car culture. It isnt really about loving cars. Its sort of about needing them. – Matthew Barney

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Growing up, I didnt give my grandfathers photography a second thought. I wasnt involved in his work, except that I helped my dad print his negatives. – Kim Weston

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