Set on the Dorset coast, The Black Tower by P.D. James is the fifth Adam Dalgliesh mystery and a thrilling work of crime fiction from the bestselling author of Death in Holy Orders, Children of Men and Death Comes to Pemberley.
Bahar's family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for life in a small village, hoping to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across their ancient land. Bahar's mother embarks on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020
How do we define consciousness or intentionality? Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? How do words and mental pictures come to represent things in the world? Do computers think? Barbara Montero tackles these and other thorny issues at the heart of the field of philosophy of mind.