Symbols and causal connections insufficient

Symbols and causal connections aren't sufficient to produce meaning (or intentionality). If there's meaning in a system, it can only be because there's more to the system than just the fact of a symbol and the fact of a causal connection.

John Searle 1980a, 1980b, 1990b.

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