| 单词 | ghost in the machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost in the machine f. ghost in the machine. extracted from ghostn.adj. (a) Philosophy. Usually with the. The mind viewed as a different kind of substance or entity from the body. ΘΚΠ the mind > [noun] > as opposed to matter > as separate from body ghost in the machine1948 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of mind-body interrelation > [noun] > mind as separate from body ghost in the machine1948 1948 T. D. Weldon in Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 1947–8 48 139 Much of Kant's value as a philosopher lies in the attempt he made to escape from the philosophical myth which has been named ‘the ghost in the machine’. 1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind i. 22 The dogma of the Ghost in the machine..maintains that there exist both bodies and minds; that there are mechanical causes of corporeal movements and mental causes of corporeal movements. 2005 New Yorker 4 July 43/3 Chalmers..thinks that consciousness is the ghost in the machine, the secret irreducible presence in the mind that distinguishes us from computers and goldfish. (b) Generally: any unseen or intangible force or phenomenon which appears to be driving, managing, or interfering with a device, system, or process. ΚΠ 1969 Times 27 Dec. (Saturday review section) iv The bogeyman of the Sixties was the Computer... It was treated as superstitiously as though there were in fact a ghost in the machine. 1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Mar. p23 They think that these ‘ghosts in the machine’ are caused by the buildup of high voltages in the circuits and skin of a satellite immersed in the electrically charged plasma of the Earth's magnetosphere. 2016 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 24 Sept. The geek in me looks forward to the day when I can summon a driverless pod via my phone and be transported to my destination by a ghost in the machine, as it were, with minimal fuss. < as lemmas |
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