Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures 1953

Common sense tells me I can control my life to some extent; should I then, faced with a logical argument for fatalism, reject common sense? There seems to be no place in a physical theory of the universe for the sensory experiences of colours, taste and smells, yet I know I have these experiences. In this book, Gilbert Ryle explores the conflicts that arise in everyday life and shows that the either/or which such dilemmas seem to suggest is a false dilemma: one side of the dilemma does not deny what we know to be true on the other side. This classic book has been revived in a new series livery for twenty-first-century readers, featuring a specially commissioned preface written by Barry Stroud.

Author: Gilbert Ryle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/07/2015
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.01w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9781107534193

About the Author
Ryle, Gilbert: - Gilbert Ryle (1900-76) published widely on a variety of philosophical topics, including philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, but was perhaps best known for his work on philosophical behaviourism and his critique of Cartesian dualism.