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The Concept of Mind is a 1949 book by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, in which the author argues that "mind" is "a philosophical illusion hailing chiefly from René Descartes and sustained by logical errors and 'category mistakes' which have become habitual."
En su obra principal, «El concepto de lo Mental» (The Concept of Mind, 1949), critica el dualismo mente-cuerpo que impregna la filosofía occidental.
The Concept of Mind– principle ideas and arguments. Ryle’s aim in this book is to falsify a certain view of the mind and our mental activities, which was forcefully presented by Descartes and has been widely held by many philosophers and non-philosophers ever since.
Described by Ryle as a ‘sustained piece of analytical hatchet-work’ on Cartesian dualism, The Concept of Mind is a radical and controversial attempt to jettison once and for all what Ryle called...
The Concept of Mind. Gilbert Ryle. University of Chicago Press, 2002 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 334 pages. This now-classic work challenges what Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory," the...
18 de dic. de 2007 · Although Gilbert Ryle published on a wide range of topics in philosophy (notably in the history of philosophy and in philosophy of language), including a series of lectures centred on philosophical dilemmas, a series of articles on the concept of thinking, and a book on Plato, The Concept of Mind remains his best known and most ...
Described by Ryle as a ‘sustained piece of analytical hatchet-work’ on Cartesian dualism, The Concept of Mind is a radical and controversial attempt to jettison once and for all what Ryle called ‘the ghost in the machine’: Descartes’ argument that mind and body are two separate entities.
