You can't *discover* that the brain is a digital computer. You can only *interpret* the brain as a digital computer.

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.

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.

The Intentionality of the mind not only creates the possibility of meaning, but limits its forms.

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.

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."

Many people mistakenly suppose that the essence of consciousness is that of a control mechanism

Where consciousness is concerned, the appearance is the reality.

"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean that but also to mean something else.

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

For how many generations now had his people been turning their backs on things? How long had they sat in their living rooms and watched other people die?

Life is a beautiful dream.

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

I know that philosophically a murderer is not responsible for his crime, but I prefer not to take tea with him.

People will respect what wrestling has to offer to this world. It will take educating themselves on more than just guys in there swinging for the fences.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust.

I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing.

I'm always trying to do something active because I love it.

I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on.