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“Materialism ends up denying the existence of any irreducible subjective qualitative states of sentience or awareness.”

Quote by John Searle

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John Searle is an American philosopher born on July 31, 1932. He is renowned for his contributions to the fields of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. He is particularly famous for his 'Chinese Room argument,' which has had a profound impact on the fields of artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind. more

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“It seems to me obvious that infants and many animals that do not in any ordinary sense have a language or perform speech acts nonetheless have Intentional states. Only someone in the grip of a philosophical theory would deny that small babies can literally be said to want milk and that dogs want to be let out or believe that their master is at the door.”

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

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