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The Mysterious Flame|Colin McGinn
The Mysterious Flame : Conscious Minds in a Material World
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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. In elegant prose, McGinn explores the implications of this Mysterian position--such as the new value it gives to the power of dreams and introspection--and challenges the reader with intriguing questions about the very nature of our minds and brains.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780465014231
  • ISBN-10: 0465014232
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publish Date: April 2000
  • Dimensions: 7.99 x 5.36 x 0.57 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
  • Page Count: 256

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