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Gilbert Ryle - Aspects of Mind - 9780631184898 - V9780631184898
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Aspects of Mind

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Description for Aspects of Mind Hardback. * Contains previously unpublished material by Gilbert Ryle* Includes tributes from John Mabbott, a close friend of Gilbert Ryle, on Ryle the man and from David Gallop, an ex--student, on Ryle the Philosopher. . Editor(s): Meyer, Rene. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Aspects of Mind contains previously unpublished manuscript material by Gilbert Ryle along with notes taken by the editor, Rene Meyer, at lectures given by Ryle on the philosophy of mind in 1964.

Gilbert Ryle, Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1945 until 1967, had a decisive influence on contemporary philosophy. His Concept of Mind (1949) not only put a methodological edge in a most readable way to what has become known as Analytical Philosophy, but it also stimulated interest in the philosophy of mind as a pivotal part of philosophy as a whole. A ... Read more

The book also includes two tributes to Ryle; one from John Mabbott, a close friend, on Ryle the man, and one from David Gallop, an ex-student, on Ryle the Philosopher. A chapter entitled "Philosophy, Logical Geography and Dilemmas" by Rene Meyer provides a perspective on Ryle's philosophy.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631184898
SKU
V9780631184898
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Gilbert Ryle
In 1964 Rene Meyer studied as a recognized student under Gilbert Ryle at Oxford. He spent his sabbatical in 1972 as a Faculty Visitor at Oxford. He is a former Vice-President of the Philosophical Society of Southern Africa and served as Dean of Arts at the University of South Africa from 1981-88. He has presented and written numerous papers on ... Read more

Reviews for Aspects of Mind
"In this book Ryle exerts all his energy in showing how the problems relating to the abstract philosophic concepts of the past are converted into problems relating to the different uses of various terms in both linguistic and behavioural contexts ... Ryle does very well in dissecting so-called private experiences and showing that much of them are indeed describable in ... Read more

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