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Hodges writes that Ryle puts forward
"the idea of mind not as something added to the brain, but as a kind of description of the world."
which would fit with Turing's idea. Hodges goes on to say that Turing puts forward a SPECIFIC description as a model of the mind.
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But is that what he did?
ReplyDeleteTuring does not address the meaning of mental concepts, he substitutes alternative, supposedly more definite questions, but does not fall foul of the paradox of analysis by suggesting that these capture the meaning.
Turing is more like Carnap than Ryle, he "explicates" (to use Carnap's language) rather than explaining.
(Though I am not so sure what Type is doing)
Roger Jones
Sorry, that should have been "I am not sure what Ryle is doing.
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ReplyDeleteI should provide more context for the Hodges quote. Indeed, the summary by Hodges may need a qualification. "Description of the world" is not, I think, a phrase Ryle would use. In any case, Hodges is considering that one source for the 1950 essay by Turing was indeed Ryle's 1949 book, but I should revise dates, too!
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