Ryle,
Gilbert (1900 - 1976):
British philosopher.
Ryle's first book, The Concept of Mind (1949), consisted in a sustained and punishing bombardment of the Cartesian concept of man, characteristically labelled "the dogma of the ghost in the machine".
A Dictionary Of Philosophy. Second edition. (Pan Books 1984).
When two terms belong to the same category, it is proper to construct conjunctive propositions embodying them. Thus a purchaser may say that he bought a left-hand glove and a right-hand glove, but not that he bought a left-hand glove, a right-hand glove and a pair of gloves... Now the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine does just this. It maintains that there exist both bodies and minds; that there occur physical processes and mental processes; that there are mechanical causes of corporeal movements and mental causes of corporeal movements. I shall argue that these and other analogous conjunctions are absurd...
The Concept of Mind. Gilbert Ryle. (Peregrine Books). Page 23.