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The term first used by the English philosopher Gilbert Ryle (1900–76) on page 17 of his book The Concept of Mind (1949) to describe the dogma of mind-body dualism, which he interpreted as a category mistake.

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ghost in the machine n.
in A Dictionary of Psychology (3) Length: 42 words
ghost in the machine
in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2) Length: 85 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev) Length: 19 words

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