The ascription of an unconscious intentional phenomenon to a system implies that the phenomenon is in principle accessible to consciousness. (John Searle)

The ascription of an unconscious intentional phenomenon to a system implies that the phenomenon is in principle accessible to consciousness.

John Searle

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