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is the set of abilities, capacities, tendencies, and dispositions that humans have and that are not themselves intentional states (such as to use a knife when 'cutting' the cake and a lawnmower when 'cutting' the grass).

Searle also introduces a technical term the Background,[32] which, according to him, has been the source of much philosophical discussion ('though I have been arguing for this thesis for almost twenty years,' Searle writes,[33] 'many people whose opinions I respect still disagree with me about it.') Background he calls the set of abilities, capacities, tendencies, and dispositions that humans have and that are not themselves intentional states. Thus, when someone asks us to 'cut the cake' we know to use a knife and when someone asks us to 'cut the grass' we know to use a lawnmower (and not vice versa), even though the actual request did not include this detail. (wikipedia),

is sometimes the most aesthetically pleasing thing.

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