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Descartes' Error

Paperback • 2006 • English

Descartes' Error

By Antonio Damasio

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About the book

In the centuries 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. Antonio Damasio challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wonderfully engaging book, D...Show more

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9780099501640

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Descartes' Error

Format

Paperback

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