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Thinking: Thinking is a cognitive process that involves mental activities such as reasoning, problem solving, decision making, imagination and conceptualization. These operations enable individuals to process information, make sense of their experiences and interact with the world around them.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Gilbert Ryle on Thinking - Dictionary of Arguments

Dennett II 201
DennettVsRyle: Ryle's assertions are notorious, thinking could only take place in the public world and should not take place at a personal place.
Cf. >Thinking/Dennett
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ad Ryle I 29
Language/thinking/Ryle/(s): monologue requires dialogue.
>Dialogue.
Ryle I 317
Thinking/Ryle: we learn how to derive something from already established facts, e.g. in reality we like to play chess, cycle, or learn to recognize goalposts, namely by practice, perhaps supported by some instruction.
>Ability.
I 386
Thinking/Ryle: thinking is no self-talk. It is not a symbolic operation (at least not consciously).
>Self-talk, >Consciousness, >Unconscious.
Ryle: Dealing with symbols must not be an application. Also thoughtless speech makes sense.
>Symbols, cf. >Thinking without language, cf. >Speaking/Ricoeur.
I 390
Thinking/Ryle: thinking is
a) work
b) a disposition to opinions, results of work - there is nothing hidden.
>Disposition/Ryle, >Knowledge, >Recognition.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Ryle I
G. Ryle
The Concept of Mind, Chicago 1949
German Edition:
Der Begriff des Geistes Stuttgart 1969

Dennett I
D. Dennett
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995
German Edition:
Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997

Dennett II
D. Dennett
Kinds of Minds, New York 1996
German Edition:
Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999

Dennett III
Daniel Dennett
"COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots"
In
Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996

Dennett IV
Daniel Dennett
"Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350
In
Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005

Ryle I
G. Ryle
The Concept of Mind, Chicago 1949
German Edition:
Der Begriff des Geistes Stuttgart 1969


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