Gilbert Ryle

Gilbert Ryle was a British philosopher born in 1900 who became a prominent figure in ordinary language philosophy.

Educated at Oxford, he served as a professor and editor of the journal Mind.

Ryle's most famous work, The Concept of Mind, published in 1949, critiqued Cartesian dualism and introduced the phrase "ghost in the machine." His approach, sometimes labeled as behaviorist, focused on analyzing philosophical problems through careful examination of language use.

Ryle viewed philosophy as a form of conceptual cartography, mapping the logical relationships between ideas.

He died in 1976, leaving a lasting influence on the philosophy of mind and language.