John Searle - Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphoric...

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Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.

John Searle

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Unsere Werkzeuge sind Erweiterungen unserer Absichten, und daher finden wir es natürlich, ihnen metaphorische Zuschreibungen von Absicht zu geben. aber ich nehme an, dass durch solche Beispiele kein philosophisches Eis geschnitten wird.

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