The Concept of Mind

This now-classic work challenges what Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory," the Cartesians "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 esstentially simple purpose place him in the traditioin of Locke, Berkeley, Mill, and Russell.

Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford University from 1947-1971.

Introduction: Re-Introducing The Concept of Mind

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Introduction

7

(4)

Descartes' Myth

11

(14)

The Official Doctrine

11

(4)

The Absurdity of the Official Doctrine

15

(3)

The Origin of the Category Mistake

18

(5)

Historical Note

23

(2)

Knowing How and Knowing That

25

(37)

Foreword

25

(1)

Intelligence and Intellect

25

(2)

Knowing How and Knowing That

27

(5)

The Motives of the Intellectualist Legend

32

(3)

`In My Head'

35

(5)

The Positive Account of Knowing How

40

(2)

Intelligent Capacities versus Habits

42

(3)

The Exercise of Intelligence

45

(6)

Understanding and Misunderstanding

51

(9)

Solipsism

60

(2)

The Will

62

(21)

Foreword

62

(1)

The Myth of Volitions

62

(7)

The Distinction Between Voluntary and Involuntary

69

(6)

Freedom of the Will

75

(1)

The Bogy of Mechanism

76

(7)

Emotion

83

(33)

Foreword

83

(1)

Feelings versus Inclinations

83

(10)

Inclinations versus Agitations

93

(5)

Moods

98

(6)

Agitations and Feelings

104

(3)

Enjoying and Wanting

107

(3)

The Criteria of Motives

110

(3)

The Reasons and the Causes of Actions

113

(1)

Conclusion

114

(2)

Dispositions and Occurrences

116

(38)

Foreword

116

(1)

The Logic of Dispositional Statements

117

(8)

Mental Capacities and Tendencies

125

(10)

Mental Occurrences

135

(14)

Achievements

149

(5)

Self-Knowledge

154

(45)

Foreword

154

(2)

Consciousness

156

(7)

Introspection

163

(4)

Self-Knowledge Without Privileged Access

167

(14)

Disclosure by Unstudied Talk

181

(5)

The Self

186

(9)

The Systematic Elusiveness of `I'

195

(4)

Sensation and Observation

199

(46)

Foreword

199

(2)

Sensations

201

(9)

The Sense Datum Theory

210

(12)

Sensation and Observation

222

(12)

Phenomenalism

234

(6)

Afterthoughts

240

(5)

Imagination

245

(35)

Foreword

245

(1)

Picturing and Seeing

246

(2)

The Theory of Special Status Pictures

248

(8)

Imagining

256

(2)

Pretending

258

(6)

Pretending, Fancying and Imagining

264

(8)

Memory

272

(8)

The Intellect

280

(39)

Foreword

280

(1)

The Demarcation of the Intellect

280

(6)

The Construction, Possession and Utilisation of Theories

286

(6)

The Application and Misapplication of Epistemological Terms

292

(17)

Saying and Teaching

309

(5)

The Primacy of the Intellect

314

(3)

Epistemology

317

(2)

Psychology

319

(12)

The Programme of Psychology

319

(8)

Behaviourism

327

(4)

Index

331

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