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> [The Intentionality of the mind not only creates the possibility of meaning, but limits its forms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/the-intentionality-of-the-mind-not-only-creates-the-possibility-of/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

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## More by John Searle

> [The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/the-problem-posed-by-indirect-speech-acts-is-the-problem-of-how-it-is/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [Where consciousness is concerned, the appearance is the reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/where-consciousness-is-concerned-the-appearance-is-the-reality/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/in-many-cases-it-is-a-matter-for-decision-and-not-a-simple-matter-of/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/we-often-attribute-understanding-and-other-cognitive-predicates-by/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/i-will-argue-that-in-the-literal-sense-the-programmed-computer/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [We do not live in several different, or even two different, worlds, a mental world and a physical world, a scientific world and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/we-do-not-live-in-several-different-or-even-two-different-worlds-a/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/whatever-is-referred-to-must-exist-let-us-call-this-the-axiom-of/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [You can't \*discover\* that the brain is a digital computer. You can only \*interpret\* the brain as a digital computer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/you-can-t-discover-that-the-brain-is-a-digital-computer-you-can-only/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [How do we get from electrons to elections and from protons to presidents?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/how-do-we-get-from-electrons-to-elections-and-from-protons-to/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/where-conscious-subjectivity-is-concerned-there-is-no-distinction/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [ "Akrasia" \[weakness of will\] in rational beings is as common as wine in France. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/akrasia-weakness-of-will-in-rational-beings-is-as-common-as-wine-in/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [Nowadays nobody bothers, and it is considered in slightly bad taste to even raise the question of God's existence. Matters of religion are like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/nowadays-nobody-bothers-and-it-is-considered-in-slightly-bad-taste-to/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [The assertion fallacy is the fallacy of confusing the conditions for the performance of the speech act of assertion with the analysis of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/the-assertion-fallacy-is-the-fallacy-of-confusing-the-conditions-for/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [It seemed to a number of philosophers of language, myself included, that we should attempt to achieve a unification of Chomsky's syntax, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/it-seemed-to-a-number-of-philosophers-of-language-myself-included/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

> [An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/an-utterance-can-have-intentionality-just-as-a-belief-has/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

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