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Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur

Future of Coding

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Is There Anything in Your Head?

Ryle: He doesn't think there is anything in your head. That's the point of this whole book. And he wants to say we don't have any of these mental attributions people want to give to us. What we have is actions in the world. So I've been skimming this, trying to answer your question of like, why does he distinguish between the building of the theory and the having of the theory?

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