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The ghost in the machine

by Arthur Koestler

1967 384 pages eng ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)

The Ghost in the Machine is a work in philosophical psychology published in 1967. The title is a phrase coined by the 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 indepe…

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