My Car And My Adding Machine Understand

You Do Not Understand Your Own Tradition If You Do Not See It In Relation To Others.

There Is No Success Or Failure In Nature.

Where Consciousness Is Concerned, The Appearance Is The Reality.

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.

The General Nature Of The Speech Act Fallacy Can Be Stated As Follows, Using "good" As Our Example. Calling Something Good Is Characteristically Praising Or Commending Or Recommending It, Etc. But It Is A Fallacy To Infer From This That The Meaning Of "good" Is Explained By Saying It Is Used To Perform The Act Of Commendation.