mind concept

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Gilbert Ryle

University Of Chicago Press, 2000

A Matter of Mind
"The Concept of Mind" is one of the essential works of philosophy and one of the great books of the twentieth century. Western thought took a horrendous wrong turn with Cartesian dualism and it was not until Ryle's book in 1949 that we got back on track. Or at least should have done, for the idea that we are two separate entities - mind and body - still pervades, and muddies, our thinking, ...

CONCEPT OF MIND
Gilbert Ryle

Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1949

This book offers what may with reservations be described as a theory of the mind.

The Concept of Mind
Gilbert Ryle

Barnes and Noble, 1965

The Concept of Mind challenges the classical distinction between "mind" and "matter" which has haunted philosopy and psychology since the time of Descartes. Professor Ryle first describes the "Cartesian Myth" in its most general form, then traces, explains, and combats its influence on tradition theories of will, feeling, imagination, perception, and thought. The nature of knowledge, of "dispositions," of "mental acts" is carefully analysed., ...