... by complex sequences of intellectual operations. The meaning of actions may be explained not by making inferences about hidden mental processes, but by examining the rules that govern those actions. According to Ryle, mental processes are merely intelligent acts 19. There are no mental processes distinct from intelligent acts. The operations of the mind are not merely represented by intelligent acts; they are the same as those intelligent acts. Thus, acts of learning, remembering, imagining ... apparatus called "the body." The workings of the mind are not an independent mechanism that g...

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