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Gilbert Ryle (19 August 1900 – 6 October 1976) was a British philosopher, principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "ghost in the machine." He was a representative of the generation of British ordinary language philosophers who shared Ludwig Wittgenstein 's approach to philosophical problems.
Dec 18, 2007 · 1. Biography. 2. Philosophy as Cartography. 3. Systematic Ambiguity and Type Trespasses. 4. Concepts, Propositions, and Meaning.
Gilbert Ryle was a British philosopher and a leading figure in the “Oxford philosophy,” or “ordinary language,” movement. Ryle gained first-class honours at Queen’s College, Oxford, and became a lecturer at Christ Church College in 1924.
Though best known and often identified with his work on concepts of mind, Gilbert Ryle (b. 1900–d. 1976) was no monoglot. He was a broad thinker, with broad influences, invested in various philosophical issues—perhaps chief among them, the status and methods of philosophy itself.
Gilbert Ryle (1900 - 1976) was a 20th Century British philosopher, mainly associated with the Ordinary Language Philosophy movement. He had an enormous influence on the development of 20th Century Analytic Philosophy, particularly in the areas of Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Language.
Gilbert Ryle. (1900—1976) philosopher. Quick Reference. (1900–1976) British philosopher, a leading figure in contemporary Oxford linguistic philosophy. Born in Brighton, the son of a doctor, Ryle was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.
One of the most influential books of the twentieth-century in the philosophy of mind is Gilbert Ryle's "The Concept of Mind" (1949, London: Hutcheson (all references are to this edition). Guy Douglas and Stewart Saunders introduce the text here.
