The concept of mind
by Gilbert Ryle · first published 1949
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…Morals (I recommend the Oxford Philosophical Texts editions) Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations (terribly, terribly difficult, but very rewarding) A few contemporary things: Gilbert Ryle: The Concept of Mind Willard Van Orman Quine: From a Logical Point of View J. L. Mackie: Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong Thomas Nagel: Mortal Questions (short essays, well-written, very accessible) Bernard Williams:…
on “Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?” ↗Are you referring to Cartesian dualism? Have you read Gilbert Ryle's "The Concept of Mind" (1949) [0]? This is a very old and tired argument. The form you seem to be endorsing has fallen out of favor in philosophy circles. For an intuitive understanding of why interactionist dualism is…
on “String theorist Edward Witten says consciousness “will remain a mystery”” ↗…before and don't know what compelled me to try today. It was rewarding! Pretty much every thread had new ideas not discussed in previous threads. One quick takeaway: it seems like reading Ryle's The Concept of Mind is a good next step for going deeper on this topic.
on “Programming as Theory Building (1985) [pdf]” ↗concept of mind by ryle on minds by rosenbloom
on “Ask HN: Books Recommendations?” ↗…principles of Clausewitz; he must also be competent to apply them.” “Knowing how to apply maxims cannot be reduced to, or derived from, the acceptance of those or any other maxims.” — Ryle, Gilbert. The Concept of Mind (1949) I started reading this a couple of weeks ago after seeing it referenced in Peter Naur’s “Programming as Theory Building”, and this point of his in particular keeps coming up in all sorts of contexts:…
on “Burnout” ↗So is it a joke on "Gilbert Ryle: The Concept of Mind"? But it just reiterates his first example using breakfast instead of university... 'The first example is of a visitor to Oxford. The visitor, upon viewing the colleges and library, reportedly inquired…
on “The Hard Problem of Breakfast” ↗…the mind existing alongside and separate from the body. > The term originates with British philosopher Gilbert Ryle's description of René Descartes' mind–body dualism. Ryle introduced the phrase in The Concept of Mind (1949) [...] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine
on “Whole Earth Catalog 1968 [pdf]” ↗…you're porting. by theory i mean an intuition of what the software is, what motivates its existence, what it ought to do. to define the term "theory" by an example from the paper (or possibly from "the concept of mind" by gilbert ryle, referenced by "programming as theory building"): you don't have newton's theory when you can answer a question that he answered the way he answered it, you have newton's theory when…
on “Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder” ↗…with Theory here. Quoting from the paper: "What will be considered here is the suggestion that the programmers' knowledge properly should be regarded as a theory, in the sense of Ryle [Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind, 1946]. Very briefly, a person who has or possesses a theory in this sense knows how to do certain things and in addition can support the actual doing with explanations, justifications, and answers to…
on “Programming as Theory Building (1985) [pdf]” ↗This is a gem, I'm glad I read the whole thing. But the real gem is learning about Ryle and the book "The Concept of mind" which sounds very interesting that I'll add to my read-list The ideas here are useful even outside of programming.
on “Programming as Theory Building (1985) [pdf]” ↗