ghosts in machines

A form of ghost in the machine — A metaphor for, and criticism of, the Cartesian dualist conception of a human being as a physical body ("the machine") controlled by an immaterial mind ("the ghost").

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ghost in the machine
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