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From: cam@aisb.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Subject: Re: Churchland takes on Dennett
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In article <3v3pok$3sg@pipe6.nyc.pipeline.com> rschoen@nyc.pipeline.com (Robert J. Schoen) writes:

>BTW, is Gilbert Ryle
>fairly well known in the UK?

"The Concept of Mind" published and republished in cheap Penguin
paperback lots of times. Used widely in undergraduate philosophy
classes.

>Dennett seems to be the only American that has
>been influenced by him. 

Didn't Dennett do his PhD under Ryle?

Didn't Ryle influence American Behaviourism?

I suspect Ryle is far more influential than citations would lead one to
suppose.
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