and philosopher of science. Edward Witten, American string theorist. Sam Harris, American neuroscientist, has endorsed mysterianism by stating that "This situation has been characterized as an "explanatory gap" and the "hard problem of consciousness," and it is surely both. I am sympathetic with those who, like... McGinn and... Pinker, have judged the impasse to be total: Perhaps the emergence of consciousness is simply incomprehensible in human terms." Opponents Daniel Dennett, American philosopher, who has explicitly attacked McGinn's notion of mysterianism. References Citations Sources McGinn, Colin (1991), The Problem of Consciousness Flanagan, Owen (1991), The Science of the Mind, 2ed MIT Press, Cambridge McGinn, Colin (1993), Problems in Philosophy: The Limits of Inquiry, Blackwell, Horgan, John (1996), The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age, Addison-Wesley; has a discussion of mysterianism (pp 177–180). Blackburn, Simon (1999), Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy, chapter two Horgan, John (1999), The Undiscovered Mind, Phoenix, McGinn, Colin (1999), The Mysterious Flame Theory of mind Consciousness studies