A materialist who wrote a book called the concept of the mind- purpose of the book was to criticise dualism.
what did he claim about dualism?
He claims that dualism commits a ‘category error/mistake’ because it tries to treat the mind/soul and the body as two separate things when they are not logically in those categories.
how does Ryle say Descartes commits a ghost in the machine?
he means the body and the ghost is separate materials that Descartes attributes to the body. He thought the substance of the mind imply a person is made up of two things but it is in reality one thing.
the mind is not a separate part of the body, it is a part of the way the body behaves.
