Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Intentionality connects us to the world."
Searle, John
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"All representation presupposes intentionality."
Searle, John
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"Meaning arises from use within a form of life."
Searle, John
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"Consciousness has intrinsic intentionality."
Searle, John
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"Rules are constitutive of human practices."
Searle, John
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"Social facts are created through collective intentionality."
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"We are thrown into a world of meanings."
Searle, John
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"Action is always action under a description."
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"Rational agency requires consciousness."
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"Institutions persist because we collectively agree to treat things in certain ways."
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"We are embodied minds in a social world."
Searle, John
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"Meaning is not in the head; it is in the world."
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"Language mirrors the structure of reality."
Searle, John
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"Emotions are rational responses to meaningful situations."
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"We create meaning through our practices and institutions."
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"Intentionality is the defining feature of mentality."
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"We are essentially social beings."
Searle, John
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"Language is both rule-governed and creative."
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"Reality is not fixed; it is partly created by human practices."
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"Consciousness has causal powers."
Searle, John
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"Meaning requires intentional agents."
Searle, John
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"The world is full of meanings that we discover and create."
Searle, John
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"Institutions are systems of collective intentionality."
Searle, John
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"We live in a constructed social reality."
Searle, John
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"Language is the expression of intentionality."
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"Consciousness is essential to understanding."
Searle, John
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"We are agents who create meaning through our actions."
Searle, John
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"The subjective character of experience is the central fact of consciousness, yet it resists objective explanation."
Nagel, Thomas
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"Panpsychism offers a radical rethinking of how consciousness relates to physical reality."
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"Consciousness cannot be fully captured by third-person scientific methods."
Nagel, Thomas