?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Why+Isn't+My+Pocket+Calculator+a+Thinking+Thing&rft.creator=Hauser%2C+L.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=My+pocket+calculator+(Cal)+has+certain+arithmetical+abilities%3A+it+seems+Cal+calculates.+That+calculating+is+thinking+seems+equally+untendentious.+Yet+these+two+claims+together+provide+premises+for+a+seemingly+valid+syllogism+whose+conclusion+--+Cal+thinks+--+most+would+deny.+I+consider+several+ways+to+avoid+this+conclusion%2C+and+find+them+mostly+wanting.+Either+we+ourselves+can't+be+said+to+think+or+calculate+if+our+calculation-like+performances+are+judged+by+the+standards+proposed+to+rule+out+Cal%3B+or+the+standards+--+e.g.%2C+autonomy+and+self-consciousness+--+make+it+impossible+to+verify+whether+anything+or+anyone+(save+myself)+meets+them.+While+appeals+to+the+intentionality+of+thought+or+the+unity+of+minds+provide+more+credible+lines+of+resistance%2C+available+accounts+of+intentionality+and+mental+unity+are+insufficiently+clear+and+warranted+to+provide+very+substantial+arguments+against+Cal's+title+to+be+called+a+thinking+thing.+Indeed%2C+considerations+favoring+granting+that+title+are+more+formidable+than+generally+appreciated.&rft.date=1993-02&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F242%2F1%2Fwimpcatt.html&rft.identifier=++Hauser%2C+L.++(1993)+Why+Isn't+My+Pocket+Calculator+a+Thinking+Thing.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F242%2F