"I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing."

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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."

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Consciousness

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Argument

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"Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence."

Existence

"Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself."

Question

"An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived."

Trust

"Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples."

Philosophy

"I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding.""

Understanding

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