{"product_id":"the-mysterious-flame-conscious-minds-in-a-material-world-0465014232-used","title":"The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0465014232\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mcginn, Colin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68005873811744,"sku":"USED0465014232","price":8.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/515XPiOQHPL.jpg?v=1793080927","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-mysterious-flame-conscious-minds-in-a-material-world-0465014232-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}