{"product_id":"the-mysterious-flame","title":"The Mysterious Flame","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.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41515251597490,"sku":"9780465014231","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_3e7cbfcf-86d3-4be8-aa31-560dcc77cf99.jpg?v=1755562883","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-mysterious-flame","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}