Ryle on Mind and Language

This collection is devoted to Gilbert Ryle's philosophy of mind and language. It features essays from prominent scholars on the topics of category mistakes, hypotheticals, dispositions, emotion, thinking, perception, and the task-achievement distinction.

List of contents

Notes on the Contributors Introduction 1. Ryle and Strawson on Category Mistakes; Jonathan Dancy 2. Nothing Categorical on Categories; Hans-Johann Glock 3. Ryle on Hypotheticals; Roger Teichmann 4. Ryle on Motives and Dispositions; Maria Alvarez 5. Ryle's Conceptions of Emotional Behaviour; Rowland Stout 6. What is Le Penseur Really Doing?; Paul F. Snowdon 7. A Peg For Some Thoughts; Julia Tanney 8. Ryle on Perception; Christoph C. Pfisterer 9. Mental Occurrences and Terminus Verbs; Bede Rundle

About the author

Maria Alvarez, King's College London, UK Jonathan Dancy, University of Texas at Austin, USA Hans-Johann Glock, University of Zurich, Switzerland Christoph C. Pfisterer, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Bede Rundle, Trinity College, Oxford, UK Paul F. Snowdon, University College London, UK Rowland Stout, University College Dublin, Ireland Julia Tanney, University of Kent, UK Roger Teichmann, St Hilda's College, Oxford, UK

Summary

This collection is devoted to Gilbert Ryle's philosophy of mind and language. It features essays from prominent scholars on the topics of category mistakes, hypotheticals, dispositions, emotion, thinking, perception, and the task–achievement distinction.

Product details

• Authors: David Dolby
• Assisted by: Dolby (Editor), D Dolby (Editor), D. Dolby (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349348176
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34817-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Philosophers in Depth; Philosophers in Depth
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Essay, B, Philosophie des Geistes, Philosophy of Language, Language, Perception, Mind, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, thinking, Concept, Ordinary Language Philosophy, Language and languages—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Behaviourism, Dispositions