A key difference between humans and other animals like dogs is that humans have the capacity to create institutional facts—facts that presuppose human institutions—whereas other animals do not worry about such matters

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John Searle

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my dog my favorite example here is very intelligent but he's not worried about what he's gonna do for christmas vacation or how how he's going to handle the income tax this year

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The Logical Structure of Human Civilization (John Searle)Philosophy Overdose
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:18:37 PM

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