Gilbert Ryle was one of the most important and yet misunderstood philosophers of the Twentieth Century. Long unavailable Collected Essays 1929-1968: Collected Papers Volume 2 stands as testament to the astonishing breadth of Ryleâs philosophical concerns. This volume showcases Ryleâs deep interest in the notion of thinking and contains many of his major pieces including his classic essays âKnowing How and Knowing Thatâ âPhilosophical Argumentsâ âSystematically Misleading Expressionsâ and âA Puzzling Element in the Notion of Thinkingâ. He ranges over an astonishing number of topics including feelings pleasure sensation forgetting and concepts and in so doing hones his own philosophical stance steering a careful path between behaviourism and Cartesianism. Together with the Collected Papers Volume 1 and the new edition of The Concept of Mind these outstanding essays represent the very best of Ryleâs work. Each volume contains a substantial preface by Julia Tanney and both are essential reading for any student of twentieth-century philosophies of mind and language. Gilbert Ryle (1900 -1976) was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysics and Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford an editor of Mind and a president of the Aristotelian Society. Julia Tanney is Senior Lectuer at the University of Kent and has held visiting positions at the University of Picardie and Paris-Sorbonne. . Language: English