Consciousness and Its Objects

by Colin McGinn

Book Overview

Colin McGinn presents his latest work on consciousness in ten interlinked essays, four of them previously unpublished. He extends and deepens his controversial solution to the mind-body problem, defending the view that consciousness is both ontologically unproblematic and epistemologically impenetrable. He discusses the status of first-person authority; argues that all intentionality involves non-existent objects; and suggests that atomism about the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297630
• ISBN13: 9780199297634
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 5.3"