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The Mind, the Machine, and the Professor
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $11.99
ISBN13: 9781764512176
Publisher: Conde Cagalitan
Published: Apr 10 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In a courtroom beyond time, three figures are summoned to testify: the Mind, who remembers; the Machine, who imitates; and the Professor, who no longer sees the difference. Their testimonies collide, exposing the quiet catastrophe of our age - a world that confuses intelligence with understanding, precision with truth, and performance with meaning.
As the trial unfolds, the boundaries between mechanism and mind are redrawn with clarity and force. This novel confronts the illusions that shape modern thought: the belief that data can replace wisdom, that simulation can replace intention, and that machinery can shelter the responsibilities of the human mind.
The Mind, The Machine, and The Professor is a philosophical reckoning - a return to the ancient distinction between what thinks and what only appears to think. It is a reminder that truth is not manufactured, that understanding is not automated, and that responsibility cannot be delegated to the systems we build.
A quiet book.
A sharp verdict.
A call back to what cannot be replaced.
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