In his 2012 book, Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind's Privacy, Hirstein argues that a significant block to solving the mind–body problem can be removed if we allow that it is possible for one person to directly experience the conscious mind of another. The vast majority of philosophers and scientists writing about consciousness believe that this is impossible, but this would mean that conscious brain states are different from all other physical states, which can be known about by multiple persons.
In his 2012 book, Mindmelding: Consciousness, Neuroscience, and the Mind's Privacy, Hirstein suggests that a significant impediment to solving the mind–body problem can be eliminated if we accept that it is possible for one person to directly experience another person's conscious mind. The vast majority of philosophers and scientists writing about consciousness believe that this is impossible, but this would mean that conscious brain states are distinct from all other physical states, which can be known by multiple people.