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-The "'''ghost in the machine'''" is the [[United Kingdom|British]] philosopher [[Gilbert Ryle]]'s description of [[René Descartes]]' [[Dualism (philosophy of mind)|mind-body dualism]]. The phrase was introduced in Ryle's book ''[[The Concept of Mind]]'' (1949) to highlight the perceived absurdity of dualist systems like Descartes' where mental activity carries on in parallel to physical action, but where their means of interaction are unknown or, at best, speculative. +The "'''ghost in the machine'''" is the British philosopher [[Gilbert Ryle]]'s description of [[René Descartes]]' [[Dualism (philosophy of mind)|mind-body dualism]]. The phrase was introduced in Ryle's book ''[[The Concept of Mind]]'' (1949) to highlight the perceived absurdity of dualist systems like Descartes' where mental activity carries on in parallel to physical action, but where their means of interaction are unknown or, at best, speculative.
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The "ghost in the machine" is the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle's description of René Descartes' mind-body dualism. The phrase was introduced in Ryle's book The Concept of Mind (1949) to highlight the perceived absurdity of dualist systems like Descartes' where mental activity carries on in parallel to physical action, but where their means of interaction are unknown or, at best, speculative.

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