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Both words name a role and never named a substance — 'computer' was a job people held, and 'referee' means, literally, the one to whom a matter is referred. Granting that fully has a cost the slogan hides: taken without limit, everything computes and the word distinguishes nothing, which Putnam and Searle proved rather than suggested. What bounds a role word is the practice…
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