Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 014303622X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this wondrously engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior.. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes’ Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"one of the world’s leading neurologists" (The New York Times)—challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. Since Desc
50,000 first printing; QPB alternate; Library of Science selection. The human brain, he further contends, has a specialized region in the frontal lobes for making personal and social decisions, and this region works in concert with deeper brain centers that store emotional memories. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Damasio's exciting investigation challenges the fashionable metaphor of the mind as a software program. To support this controversial claim, Damasio draws on his work with brain-injured patients at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, and also cites the case of Phineas Gage, a Vermont railway foreman who lost his ethical faculties after an explosion i
A Thought Provoking Work This book brings together so many of the threads of Western thought in a way that is thought provoking and provides the reader with the tools required to actually rethink these complicated but important issues.Damasio brings to the lay reader who is willing to devote some energy to understanding recent developments in neurology and brain function some important tools to re-evaluate the issues of mind body dualism. (This is the error that Damasio believes that Descartes made, the separation of mind from . "Great read. I bought it as an assigned reading" according to Hannah Grote. Great read. I bought it as an assigned reading in my philosophy class, which ended up being very interesting. For anyone who is interested in Descartes' work, I would recommend reading this.. "Five Stars" according to JimmyOlsenFive Stars JimmyOlsen4est A must read for all and a great inspiration to the scholarly. Wonderful!. est. A must read for all and a great inspiration to the scholarly. Wonderful!