- Concept of Mind, Cartesian mind-body dualism, Human beings, philosophical psychology
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.
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- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Arthur Koestler
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Picador, Macmillan Publishers, Hutchinson
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780140191929
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Arthur Koestler CBE was a prolific writer of essays, novels and autobiographies. He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family in Budapest but, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. His early career was in journalism. In 1931 he joined the Communist Party of Germany but, disillusioned, he resigned from it in 1938 and in 1940 published a devastating anti-Communist novel, Darkness at Noon, which propelled him to instant international fame. ([Source][1]) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Koestler
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