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...simple as thermostats can be said to have beliefs’. Searle asked McCarthy what beliefs his thermostats had, and McCarthy answered: ‘My thermostat has three beliefs. My thermostat believes – it's too hot in here, it's too cold in here and it's just right in here (Searle 1984, p.30). This probably seems preposterous, an extreme and egregious case of anthropomorphising...

...simple rhythm instrument? This drum, a circle of wood and skin, that speaks to life, speaks of life to life. Here is my story. I hope it will inspire you. [NON-ENGLISH SINGING] Hi. [APPLAUSE] This song is called Gula Gula in English, ‘Hear the voices of the four mothers.’ It has been with me for decades now. It has become like a dear old friend. It has, together with...

...code of laws, is immaterial compared with the universality of its application. So it fares with the wise Shakespeare and his book of life. He wrote the airs for all our modern music: he wrote the text of modern life; the text of manners: he drew the man of England and Europe; the father of the man in America: he drew the man and described the day, and what is done in it:...