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3 stars
A bit boring at times.
312 pages
English language
Published Sept. 5, 2005 by Penguin Books.
Antonio R. Damasio: Descartes' error (2005, Penguin Books)
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- 978-0-14-303622-7
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain is a 1994 book by neurologist António Damásio, in part a treatment of the mind/body dualism question. Damásio presents the "somatic marker hypothesis", a proposed mechanism by which emotions guide (or bias) behavior and decision-making, and positing that rationality requires emotional input. He argues that René Descartes' "error" was the dualist separation of mind and body, rationality and emotion.
Subjects
- Emotions -- Physiological aspects.
- Reason -- Physiological aspects.
- Neuropsychology.
- Emotions -- Physiology.