The Ghost in the Machine
1967 book by Arthur Koestler
The Ghost in the Machine is a 1967 book about philosophical psychology by Arthur Koestler. The title is a phrase (see ghost in the machine) coined by the Behaviourist Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe the Cartesian dualist account of the mind–body relationship.
Nº Q16385803 ★★
Uncommon · Literature
The Ghost in the Machine
1967 book by Arthur Koestler
The Ghost in the Machine is a 1967 book about philosophical psychology by Arthur Koestler. The title is a phrase (see ghost in the machine) coined by the Behaviourist Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe the Cartesian dualist account of the mind–body relationship.
Last price
—
Floor price
—
7-day median
—
30-day sales
0
30-day range
—
In circulation
0
Price history
median
low – high
sales
No sales in this period
Show table
| Date | median | Low | High | sales |
|---|
Sales history
- Last sale
- —
- 30-day average
- —
- 30-day low
- —
- 30-day high
- —
- Sales 7d
- 0
- Sales 30d
- 0
No sales yet.
Anonymous sales: no buyer or seller shown. Figures count player-to-player sales only.
From Wikipedia
The Ghost in the Machine is a 1967 book about philosophical psychology by Arthur Koestler. The title is a phrase (see ghost in the machine) coined by the Behaviourist Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe the Cartesian dualist account of the mind–body relationship. Koestler shares with Ryle the view that the mind of a person is not an independent non-material entity, temporarily inhabiting and governing the body, yet he argues that Behaviourism's reduction of human beings to mere "meat machines" is also unsatisfactory. Koestler proposes that the relationship between brain and mind is more layered and complex—what he calls a "hierarchical" system rather than a simple duality or monolithic mechanism. The work attempts to explain humanity's self-destructive tendency in terms of individual and collective functioning, philosophy, and overarching, cyclical political–historical dynamics, peaking in the nuclear weapons arena.
Text: Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 4.0. ·
Related cards
Gilbert Ryle
British philosopher
Nº Q313386 ★★
Experience machine
Thought experiment about a machine that provides any pleasurable experience one wants
Nº Q5421060 ★★
Mind–body problem
Open question in philosophy of how abstract minds interact with physical bodies
Nº Q2741122 ★★
Mind–body dualism
Philosophical theory that mental phenomena are non-physical and that matter exists independently of mind
Nº Q5252737 ★★★
The Time Machine
1895 dystopian science fiction novella by H. G. Wells
Nº Q627333 ★★★★
Dust (His Dark Materials)
Mysterious cosmic particle that is a key component of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
Nº Q1419774 ★