52 Quotes by John Searle

Si no puedes explicarlo de forma clara, es que no lo entiendes

There are clear cases in which 'understanding' literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.

Berkeley became a left-wing community as a result of the '60s. The university is about the same as it was before politically. But the city is much more to the left than it was prior to all of this.

I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding.

There is no success or failure in Nature.

The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean that but also to mean something else.

Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

There are clear cases in which understanding literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.

Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.