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