Gilbert Ryle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gilbert Ryle

British philosopher

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1900

Place of Birth: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1976

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gilbert Ryle (19 August 1900 – 6 October 1976) was a British philosopher.
He was a representative of the generation of British ordinary language philosophers who shared Ludwig Wittgenstein's approach to philosophical problems, and is principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "the ghost in the machine." Some of his ideas in the philosophy of mind have been referred to as "behaviourist".
Ryle's best known book is The Concept of Mind (1949), in which he writes that the "general trend of this book will undoubtedly, and harmlessly, be stigmatised as 'behaviourist'." Ryle, having engaged in detailed study of the key works of Bernard Bolzano, Franz Brentano, Alexius Meinong, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger, himself suggested instead that the book "could be described as a sustained essay in phenomenology, if you are at home with that label."



Alternative names	Reginald John Whistler; Rex John Whistler; Reginald Whistler; Reginald John "Rex" Whistler
Description	British artist
Date of birth/death	24 June 1905	18 July 1944
Location of birth/death	Eltham	Caen
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