Image of crossed swords

Read the Witcher

The Mysterious Flame

Conscious Minds in a Material World

The Mysterious Flame Open the full-size image

Contributors

By Colin Mcginn

Formats and Prices

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

Format

Trade Paperback

Format:

Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

Also available from:

Is consciousness nothing more than brain tissue, as Daniel Dennett argues in his best-selling Consciousness Explained ? Or, as others claim, is it a fundamental reality like space, time, and matter? In recent years the nature of consciousness — our immediately known experiences — has taken its place as the most profound problem that science faces. Now in this brilliant and thoroughly accessible new book Colin McGinn takes a provocative position on this perplexing problem. Arguing that we can never truly “know” consciousness — that the human intellect is simply not equipped to unravel this mystery — he demonstrates that accepting this limitation in fact opens up a whole new field of investigation. Indeed, he asserts, consciousness is the best place from which to begin to understand the internal make-up of human intelligence, to investigate our cognitive strengths and weaknesses, and to explore the possibility of machine minds. In elegant prose, McGinn explores the implications of this Mysterian position — such as the new value it gives to the power of dreams and of introspection — and challenges the reader with intriguing questions about the very nature of our minds and brains. Request Desk/Exam Copy

Genre:

On Sale
Apr 26, 2000
Page Count
256 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465014231

You May Also Like

A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance $19.99 $25.99 CAD
The Dawn Of Universal History
The Dawn Of Universal History $25.99 $33.99 CAD
Equals
Equals $19.99 $25.99 CAD
The Celestine Vision
The Celestine Vision $17.99 $22.99 CAD
The Universe, the Eleventh Dimension, and Everything
The Universe, the Eleventh Dimension, and Everything $19.99 $25.99 CAD

Colin Mcginn

About the Author

Colin McGinn is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is author of several books, including The Character of the Mind; Moral Literacy; Minds and Bodies: Philosophers and Their Ideas; Ethics, Evil, and Fiction; and Mental Content.

Learn more about this author