Sentence examples for such a blockhead from inspiring English sources

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He is such a blockhead that that just had to be the name for it.

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Block argues that such a "homunculi-headed" system — or "Blockhead", as it has come to be called — would not have mental states with any qualitative character (other than the qualia possessed by the individuals themselves), and thus that states functionally equivalent to sensations or perceptions may lack their characteristic "feels".

"Oh, what a blockhead!

"It was just me being a blockhead.

I am, in fact, a blockhead.

"No one but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money," said Samuel Johnson.

CALEB CRAIN: And no one but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money," Samuel Johnson declared.

Above all, Johnson - who once famously said: 'No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money' - would have approved of an occasion that handed over a big cheque (£30,000) to an unknown writer such as Funder.

I was in a tense negotiating session with a blockhead adversary when my cellphone rang.

"No man but a blockhead writes, except for money," said Dr Johnson.

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