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PEL Presents Closereads: Gilbert Ryle on Self-Knowledge (Part One)

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Episode PEL Presents Closereads: Gilbert Ryle on Self-Knowledge (Part One)

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On The Concept of Mind (1949), Ch. 6, "Self-Knowledge." Ryle is arguing against a Cartesian take on mind that he sees as over-intellectualizing. In this case, it is not the case that every conscious act is itself an object of an act of consciousness: Not all consciousness is self-conscious, and introspection itself must involve a layer of mentality (the act of self-consciousness) that is not itself the object of an act of consciousness.

Read along with us, starting on p. 136 (PDF p. 199).

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