Dilemmas
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Dilemmas is a collection of philosophical essays by Gilbert Ryle that further develops his influential critiques of traditional mind-body dualism and related conceptual confusions.
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| Dilemmas canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dilemmas Context triple: [The Concept of Mind, relatedWorkOfAuthor, Dilemmas]
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Dilemma
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Paradox
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Hard Choices
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Indecision
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Warnock’s dilemma
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dilemmas Target entity description: Dilemmas is a collection of philosophical essays by Gilbert Ryle that further develops his influential critiques of traditional mind-body dualism and related conceptual confusions.
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A.
Dilemma
"Dilemma" is a 2002 R&B/hip-hop song by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland that became a global hit and one of his signature tracks.
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B.
Paradox
Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
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C.
Hard Choices
Hard Choices is a political memoir by Hillary Clinton recounting her experiences and decisions as U.S. Secretary of State.
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D.
Indecision
"Indecision" is a musical track from the collaborative folk and classical album *Appalachian Journey* by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
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E.
Warnock’s dilemma
Warnock’s dilemma is an Internet adage describing the ambiguity of interpreting no response to an online post, since silence can mean anything from agreement or disinterest to confusion or lack of understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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collection of essays ⓘ |
| author | Gilbert Ryle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical essays ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialIntention | to dissolve philosophical problems by examining language use ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780521099396 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Categories
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Dilemmas ⓘ Heterologicality ⓘ If, So, and Because ⓘ It Was To Be ⓘ Ordinary Language ⓘ Phenomenology versus ‘The Concept of Mind’ ⓘ Systematically Misleading Expressions ⓘ The Concept of Mind ⓘ
surface form:
The Concept of Mind (essay, not the book)
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| hasReception | widely discussed in analytic philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasReprint | Cambridge University Press reissues ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary analytic philosophy
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later philosophy of mind debates ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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ordinary language philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | B1649.R94 ⓘ |
| mainArgument |
many philosophical problems arise from misuses of ordinary language
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mind–body dualism rests on conceptual errors ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of conceptual confusions in philosophy
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critique of traditional mind–body dualism ⓘ development of Ryle’s theory of category mistakes ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 458910 ⓘ |
| pageCount | 192 ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionCritiqued |
Cartesian dualism
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phenomenology (in some essays) ⓘ sense–datum theories ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The Concept of Mind ⓘ |
| subject |
category mistakes
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conceptual analysis ⓘ logical behaviorism ⓘ mind–body problem ⓘ ordinary language philosophy ⓘ philosophical method ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy
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professional philosophers ⓘ |
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