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DanielDennett:

;: I coined the term "intuition pump," and its first use was derogatory. I applied it to John Searle's "[Chinese room|ChineseRoom]," which I said was not a proper argument but just an intuition pump. I went on to say that intuition pumps are fine if they're used correctly, but they can also be misused. They're not arguments, they're stories. Instead of having a conclusion, they pump an intuition. They get you to say "Aha! Oh, I get it!"

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