Ryle's Argument
In the chapter "Descartes' Myth," Ryle introduces the term "the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine" to describe the philosophical concept of the mind as an entity separate from the body. He argues "I hope to prove that it is entirely false, and false not in detail but in principle. It is not merely an assemblage of particular mistakes. It is one big mistake and a mistake of a special kind. It is, namely, a category mistake."
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