Ryleanadj.
/ˈrʌɪlɪən/, U.S. /ˈraɪliən/ Philosophy.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Ryle's theories or his approach to linguistic philosophy or philosophical behaviourism.
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Peircean1905
Russellian1915
Wittgensteinian1946
Wittgensteinian1946
Rylean1951
Quinean1957
1951 [implied in: Mind 60 283 As an introduction to current metaphysical thinking (which cannot be expected to become post-Rylean at a bound), Mr. Whiteley's book would be hard to better.].
1952 [implied in: Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 53 54 Minds (in the non-Rylean sense).].
1953 Mind 62 340 Now consider certain typical examples of the Rylean analysis of dispositional statements.
1963 W. Sellars Sci., Perception & Reality v. 178 What I shall call a Rylean language, a language of which the fundamental descriptive vocabulary speaks of public properties of public objects located in Space and enduring through Time.
1982 J. Kleinig Philos. Issues in Educ. iii. 34 On the Rylean classification, not only ‘teach’, but also ‘learn’, is a task verb.
2008 S. Hetherington in F. Lihoreau Knowl. & Questions 316 In Rylean terms, each stands to the knowing as an intelligent action of performing an action A stands to the ability to do A.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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