Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by Damasio, Antonio
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- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0156028719
- ISBN 13
- 9780156028714
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Synopsis
Completing the trilogy that began with Descartes' Error and continued with The Feeling of What Happens , noted neuroscientist Antonio Damasio now focuses the full force of his research and wisdom on emotions. He shows how joy and sorrow are cornerstones of our survival. As he investigates the cerebral mechanisms behind emotions and feelings, Damasio argues that the internal regulatory processes not only preserve life within ourselves, but they create, motivate, and even shape our greatest cultural accomplishments. If Descartes declared a split between mind and body, Spinoza not only unified the two but intuitively understood the role of emotions in human survival and culture. So it is Spinoza who accompanies Damasio as he journeys back to the seventeenth century in search of a philosopher who, in Damasio's view, prefigured modern neuroscience. In Looking for Spinoza Damasio brings us closer to understanding the delicate interaction between affect, consciousness, and memory--the processes that both keep us alive and make life worth living.
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- Bookseller
- Gil's Book Loft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 059873
- Title
- Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
- Author
- Damasio, Antonio
- Illustrator
- Gerrit Dou cover
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd ptg thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156028719
- ISBN 13
- 9780156028714
- Publisher
- Harcourt/ Harvest
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 356
- Keywords
- philosophy
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