The concept of mind / Gilbert Ryle.

By:

Ryle, Gilbert, 1900-1976

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 2000.Description: xix, 316 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780141182179
0141182172

Subject(s):

Mind and body

DDC classification:

Contents:

Descartes' myth -- Knowing how and knowing that -- The will -- Emotion -- Dispositions and occurrences -- Self-knowledge -- Sensation and observation -- Imagination -- The intellect -- Psychology.

Summary: "If our bodies exist in space and time, subject to the laws of physics, our minds must be somehow hidden within them like strange immaterial 'Ghosts in the Machine'. Introspection may give us direct access to our own mental world, but we can never know much about other people's. Such views have been regarded as common sense since Descartes, argues Gilbert Ryle, but they are based on a disastrous 'category-mistake'. This epoch-making book cuts through confused thinking and forces us to re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge, emotion, imagination, consciousness and the intellect. The result is a classic example of philosophy in action."-- Publisher's description.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	150 RYL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000009586

Total holds: 0

Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 1949.

"With a new introduction by Daniel C. Dennett" - Back cover.

Descartes' myth -- Knowing how and knowing that -- The will -- Emotion -- Dispositions and occurrences -- Self-knowledge -- Sensation and observation -- Imagination -- The intellect -- Psychology.

"If our bodies exist in space and time, subject to the laws of physics, our minds must be somehow hidden within them like strange immaterial 'Ghosts in the Machine'. Introspection may give us direct access to our own mental world, but we can never know much about other people's. Such views have been regarded as common sense since Descartes, argues Gilbert Ryle, but they are based on a disastrous 'category-mistake'. This epoch-making book cuts through confused thinking and forces us to re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge, emotion, imagination, consciousness and the intellect. The result is a classic example of philosophy in action."-- Publisher's description.