"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"
- John Searle
About this Quote
John Searle's quote is a reminder that we must not take metaphors and analogies too literally. We typically use metaphors and examples to describe complicated ideas, such as understanding, in regards to something more tangible, such as an automobile or an including maker. Nevertheless, this does not indicate that these things really possess the very same cognitive capabilities as human beings. Metaphors and analogies can be helpful for assisting us to comprehend abstract concepts, however they need to not be taken as literal realities. By using metaphors and analogies to explain intricate principles, we are not actually showing anything. Rather, we are simply utilizing language to make the principles much easier to understand.
This quote is written / told by John Searle somewhere between December 1, 1932 and today. He/she was a famous Philosopher from USA.
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"I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars"
"Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike"
"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars"
