My Car And My Adding Machine Understand

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 Matters Of Sexual Preference: They Are Not Discussed In Public, And Even The Abstract Questions Are Discussed Only By Bores.

"akrasia" [weakness Of Will] In Rational Beings Is As Common As Wine In France.

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.

Whatever Is Referred To Must Exist. Let Us Call This The Axiom Of Existence.

The Intentionality Of The Mind Not Only Creates The Possibility Of Meaning, But Limits Its Forms.