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The Concept Of Mind by Gilbert Ryle is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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Contents 6 Introduction 10 Chapter I. Descartes' Myth 14 (1) The Official Doctrine 14 (2) The Absurdity of the Official Doctrine 18 (3) The Origin of the Category-Mistake 21 (4) Historical Note 25 Chapter II. Knowing How and Knowing That 27 (1) Foreword 27 (2) Intelligence and Intellect 27 (3) Knowing How and Knowing That 29 (4) The Motives of the Intellectualist Legend 33 (5) 'In My Head' 37 (6) The Positive Account of Knowing How 41 (7) Intelligent Capacities versus Habits 42 (8) The Exercise of Intelligence 45 (9) Understanding and Misunderstanding 51 (10) Solipsism 60 Chapter III. The Will 62 (1) Foreword 62 (2) The Myth of Volitions 62 (3) The Distinction between Voluntary and Involuntary 68 (4) Freedom of the Will 74 (5) The Bogy of Mechanism 75 Chapter IV. Emotion 82 (1) Foreword 82 (2) Feelings versus Inclinations 82 (3) Inclinations versus Agitations 91 (4) Moods 96 (5) Agitations and Feelings 102 (6) Enjoying and Wanting 104 (7) The Criteria of Motives 107 (8) The Reasons and the Causes of Actions 110 (9) Conclusions 111 Chapter V. Dispositions and Occurences 113 (1) Foreword 113 (2) The Logic of Dispositional Statements 114 (3) Mental Capacities and Tendencies 122 (4) Me
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gilbert Ryle
- Language
- EN
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (1,226 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14