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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 a
A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to feel alive. In this landmark work, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio reveals how consciousness arises from the bodys constant conversation with the mind. Drawing on decades of clinical research and vivid case
Joy, sorrow, jealousy and awe - these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. Presumed to be too private for science to explain and not to be essential for comprehending human rationality and understanding, they have largely been ignored. But
Will give pleasure to anyone interested in original thinking about the brainBreathtakingly original Financial Times The trailblazing investigation of a question that has confounded us for centuries: how is consciousness created? In Self Comes to Mind , wo
'A truly awe-inspiring piece of writing' David Robson, author of The Intelligence Trap In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that rece
'Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe ... [A] brave and honest book' The New York Times Book Review The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition
Med udgangspunkt i den nyeste neurologiske og neuropsykologiske forskning viser Antonio Damasio, hvor uadskillelige biologiske og psykiske processer faktisk er, og han udfordrer den sejlivede forestilling om, at rationalitet og følelsesliv skulle være ads
Ud over at være en af verdens førende neurologer er Antonio Damasio en fremragende skribent, og denne kombination af forskning og formidling har skaffet ham en læserkreds, der rækker langt ud over neurologers og psykologers snævre faggruppe. Hans bog Deca
From one of the world's leading neuroscientists: a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness "
The age-old mystery of consciousness - our capacity to experience our own existence and have a sense of ourselves - remains unsolved despite the extensive efforts of neurobiologists and philosophers. What if the secret to consciousness lies not in abstrac
A masterful synthesis of neuroscience, philosophy and evolutionary biology, this book transforms how we understand what it means to be conscious, alive and human, and how that differs from artifical intelligence. The age-old mystery of consciousness - our
"Tingenes mærkelige orden" er neurolog Antonio Damasios undersøgelse af homeostasen. I "Tingenes mærkelige orden” undersøger Antonio Damasios de egenskaber, der gør os menneskelige gennem bl.a. evolutionsteorier og kulturelle fænomene
Ud over at være en af verdens førende neurologer er Antonio Damasio en fremragende skribent, og denne kombination af forskning og formidling har skaffet ham en læserkreds, der rækker langt ud over neurologers og psykologers snævre faggruppe. Decartes fejl