In "The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures" untersucht der renommierte Neurowissenschaftler Antonio Damasio die Rolle der Gefühle und Emotionen in Bezug auf das Überleben und das soziale Verhalten von...

Subtitled, "Constructing The Conscious Brain". Tells the story of consciousness and the human mind, from one of the world's leading neuroscientists. Presents new scientific evidence that consciousness is in fact a biological process...

"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...

Subtitled "Joy, Sorrow & the Feeling Brain", this is an exploration of the science of human emotion from the perspective of the great 17th century Dutch philosoper. "Rich and informative" "New Scientist" von Damasio, Antonio

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...

Antonio Damasio is a University Professor, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Neurology, and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Damasio's other books include...

From one of the world's leading neuroscientists--a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of the phenomenon of consciousness.In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of...

From one of the world's leading neuroscientists; a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of the phenomenon of consciousness and its relation to life. von Damasio, Antonio

Feeling & Knowing von Damasio, Antonio

A "clear, accessbile" investigation into the philosophical and scientific foundations of human life, from one of the world's leading neuroscientists (San Francisco Chronicle). Joy, sorrow, jealousy, and awe—these and other feelings are...