Make a Talk on the Ryle Side

(Sung to Lou Reed's "Take a Walk on the Wild Side")

 

In the Windy City for a day,

takin' in the Central APA,

a paper here and a paper there--

Cartesian stuff nearly everywhere--

I cried "Hey Dan, make a talk on the Ryle side"--

I said "Hey Pat, make a talk on the Ryle side"--

 

Kim can speak of causes that belie.

(Davidson's are lawless by the by.)

Type or token the mind is there,

yet Nagel's right 'cause it seems nowhere--

So "Hey Dan, make a talk on the Ryle side"--

And "Hey Pat, make a talk on th Ryle side"--

And the Canton Searles go "Do, de-do, do, de-do-de-do, do. . ."

 

When it hurts it seems that I can ache,

Starring in a role with no mistake.

But Dennett said that I'm written out

with just a lip (and no me) to pout--

So "Please Dan, make a talk on the Ryle side"--

And "Oh Pat, make a talk on the Ryle side"--

And the Canton Searles go "Do, de-do, do, de-do-de-do, do. . ."