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1、TheConceptofMindFirstpublishedin1949,GilbertRyle’sTheConceptofMindisoneoftheclassicsoftwentieth-centuryphilosophy.DescribedbyRyleasa‘sustainedpieceofanalyticalhatchet-work’onCartesiandualism,TheConceptofMindisaradicalandcontroversialattempttojettisononceandforallwhatRylecalled‘theghostinthema
2、chine’:Descartes’argumentthatmindandbodyaretwosepar-ateentities.Aswellasrejectingdualismaboutthemind,Rylegoesmuchfurther,arguingthatmorerecentmaterialistorfunctionalisttheoriesofminddonotsolvetheCartesianpuzzleeitherandevenacceptsomeofitsfundamental,mistaken,propositions.Itisbecauseofthesemis
3、takenpropositionsthatassociatedproblems,suchasmentalcausationand‘otherminds’,ariseinthefirstplace.Rylebuildshiscaseviaaneruditeandbeautifullywrittenaccountofthewill,emotion,self-knowledge,sensationandobservation,imaginationandtheintellect.Someoftheproblemshetackles,suchasthedistinctionbetween‘
4、knowinghowandknowingthat’,challengedsomeofthebedrockassumptionsofphilosophyandcontinuetoexertimportantinfluenceoncontemporaryphilosophy.Aclassicworkofphilosophy,TheConceptofMindisessentialreadingforanyoneinterestedinthenatureofthemindandhumanbehaviour.Thissixtiethanniversaryeditionincludesasub
5、stantialcommentarybyJuliaTanney.TogetherwiththereissueofbothvolumesofRyle’sCollectedPapers,itprovidesessentialreadingfornewreadersinterestednotonlyinthehistoryofanalyticphilosophybutinitspowertochallengemajorcurrentsinphilosophyofmindandlanguagetoday.GilbertRyle(1900–1976)wasalecturerinphilos
6、ophyatChristChurchCollegeOxfordandin1945waselectedtotheWaynfleteChairofMetaphysicalPhilosophy;apositionhehelduntilhisretirementin1968.HewasEditorofthejournalMindforalmosttwenty-fiveyears.JuliaTanneyisSeniorLecturerofPhilosophyattheUniversityofKent,andhasheldvisitingpositionsattheUniversitiesofP
7、icardieandParis-Sorbonne.‘ThisneweditionofRyle’sclassicwork,withasubstantialcriticalstudybyJuliaTanney,willmakepossibleare-assessmentofRyleandoftherevolutionarypotentialofTheConceptofMind.Tanney’sessaychallengeseveryaspectofthefamiliarconcept
