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
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
My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business. – John Searle
We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of government, how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, Ill be damned. were Republicans. – Susana Martinez