The Concept of Mind
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The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Concept of Mind canonical | 3 |
| The Concept of Mind (essay, not the book) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T690229 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Concept of Mind Context triple: [Gilbert Ryle, notableWork, The Concept of Mind]
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A.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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B.
The Language of Thought
The Language of Thought is a seminal philosophical and cognitive science work by Jerry Fodor that argues for an innate, mental "language" underlying human thought and reasoning.
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C.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Rules for the Direction of the Mind is an unfinished philosophical and methodological treatise by René Descartes that outlines his early ideas on scientific method and rational inquiry.
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D.
Language and Mind
Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
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E.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Concept of Mind Target entity description: The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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A.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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B.
The Language of Thought
The Language of Thought is a seminal philosophical and cognitive science work by Jerry Fodor that argues for an innate, mental "language" underlying human thought and reasoning.
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C.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Rules for the Direction of the Mind is an unfinished philosophical and methodological treatise by René Descartes that outlines his early ideas on scientific method and rational inquiry.
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D.
Language and Mind
Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
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E.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | the view that mind is a separate non-physical substance ⓘ |
| arguesFor | understanding mental vocabulary in terms of dispositions to act ⓘ |
| author | Gilbert Ryle ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
Cartesian dualism rests on a category mistake
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mental concepts refer to dispositions to behave rather than to inner ghostly states ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Cartesian dualism
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the dogma of the ghost in the machine ⓘ |
| deweyDecimalClassification | 128 ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
analytic philosophy
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philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
debates about mental states and behavior
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interpretations of dualism ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic in philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasReprint | multiple later editions ⓘ |
| influenced |
behaviorist approaches to the mind
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ordinary language philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind in the 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
logical positivism
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ordinary language analysis ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
category mistake
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dispositional analysis of mental states ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | BD418.3 ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
behaviorism in philosophy of mind
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category mistakes ⓘ critique of Cartesian dualism ⓘ mental concepts as dispositions ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| notablePhrase | ghost in the machine ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
anti-Cartesian
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non-dualist ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hutchinson ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Dilemmas ⓘ |
| structure | collection of chapters on different mental concepts ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic courses in philosophy of mind
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extensive philosophical commentary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
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