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The Difference Between Syntax and Semantics
Searle: Computers operate on the level of a formal syntax, which is to say that they read computer code. But Searle says there's no point where a computer understands the meaning of those symbols in physical causal reality. Digital computer programs to Searle do not operate with an understanding of the physical world like you or I do.