Let's not go pulling the semantic rugs out from under each other's feet.
When I say the 'clock counts time', I intend that in the same mechanical mindless sense that trees accumulate growth rings and the bottom of the Mississippi River accumulates silt.
The clock counts time.
The clock does not 'know' it's counting time. It knows nothing.
The clock has no 'intention' to count time.
The clock is not 'aware' of counting or of time.
The clock just counts time. That is what it was made to do.
It is a teleological object whose purpose of design is to count time.
Clock <== Count(Time)
As a gift to you -- here is an old-fashioned key-wound alarm clock.
I have painted the face black and removed all the hands.
It keeps perfect time.
You may find that you have certain sensory limitions in your ability to 'read' it.
