The
Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle
Description from The Reader's Catalog
Ryles's chief work argues
against the dogma of the "ghost in the machine," the idea of an autonomous
mind or soul inhabiting the body - an idea he regards as a linguistic illusion
or "category mistake".
From The Publisher
This now-classic work challenges
what Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory," the Cartesian "myth" of
the separation of mind and matter. Ryle's linguistic analysis remaps the
conceptual geography of mind, not so much solving traditional philosophical
problems as dissolving them into the mere consequences of misguided language.
His plain language and essentially simple purpose put him in the tradition
of Locke, Berkeley, Mill, and Russell - philosophers whose best work, like
Ryle's, has become a part of our general literature.
Customer Comments
Should have lots more reviews, A reader
from USA, May 18, 1999
This is really a seminal work of philosophy,
undermining reliance on the mind/body dualism so prevalent in academia
for centuries. Ryle calls distinctions made by Descartes false, that the
"official theory" is a categorical mistake.
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