“when we talk about the Background we are talking about a certain category of neurophysiological causation. Because we do not know how these structures function at a neurophysiological level, we are forced to describe them at a much higher level.… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“language is precisely designed to be a self-identifying category of institutional facts. The” — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“If our imagined tribe just is not disposed to cross the boundaries as a matter of inclination, they do not in our sense have… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“Moods are not to be confused with emotions. Moods will dispose you to having an emotion. Certain moods you're more likely to get angry… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“I have thus defined the concept of the “Background” as the set of nonintentional or preintentional capacities that enable intentional states of function. But” — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“nothing in the literal meaning of those sentences blocks those wrong interpretations. In each case we understand the verb differently, even though its literal… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“the point is that the only thing that blocks those interpretations is not the semantic content but simply the fact that you have a… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“One lesson to be derived from the study of institutional facts is this: everything we value in civilization requires the creation and maintenance of… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“institutional facts in general require language because the language is partly constitutive of the facts. But” — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“Intentional states function only given a set of Background capacities that do not themselves consist in intentional phenomena. Thus, for example, beliefs, desires, and… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“Any intentional state only functions, that is, it only determines conditions of satisfaction, against a set of Background abilities, dispositions, and capacities that are… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“there is a radical underdetermination of what is said by the literal meaning of the sentence. There is nothing in the literal meaning of… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
“The best objects to think with are words, because that is part of what words are for. Indeed, it is a condition for something… — John Rogers Searle Copy Share Image
