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The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds In A Material World

By Colin McGinn

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2000
ISBN
0465014232, 9780465014231
Open Library ID
OL7593206M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18376807 bytes)
Pages
257\257
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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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