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Loading... Descartes' Error - Emotion, Reason, And The Human Brain (original 1994; edition 1994)by Antonio R. Damasio
Work InformationDescartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain by Antonio Damasio (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The writing style was dull and repetitive compared to more recent works on the same topic. Nonfiction has apparently become a lot more readable in the past twenty years. ( ) My rating might be a bit unfair because (without realizing it!) I read the 1994/5 edition. The writing in that version was incredibly technical for someone who did not go to med school or major in chemistry. Nonetheless, the concept of where the "self" resides is fascinating. Also, a heck of a lot of neurological research has been done since 1995. I would be interested in the new edition once I flipped through and convinced myself that the author had a new editor. no reviews | add a review
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Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. 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. 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. No library descriptions found. |
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