{"product_id":"the-mysterious-flame-colin-mcginn-9780465014231","title":"The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World","description":"Is consciousness nothing more than brain tissue, as Daniel Dennett argues in his best-selling \u003ci\u003eConsciousness Explained\u003c\/i\u003e ? 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin McGinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465014232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465014231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.36w x 0.57d","brand":"Colin McGinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992997495039,"sku":"9780465014231","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7965d7ea-cd14-4237-8c63-b72fafe2d0d7.jpg?v=1683321953","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mysterious-flame-colin-mcginn-9780465014231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}