Antonio R. Damasio
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Language
English
Description
"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 consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings in neurobiology, psychology, and AI have given us the necessary tools to solve its mystery. Now, he not only elucidates its myriad aspects,...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
""Although I cannot tell for certain what sparked my interest in the neural underpinnings of reason, I do know when I became convinced that the traditional views on the nature of rationality could not be correct." Thus begins a book that takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the story of Phineas Gage, the famous nineteenth-century case of behavioral change that followed brain damage, to the contemporary recreation of Gage's brain; and from...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only survival but also the flourishing of life. Antonio Damasio makes clear that we descend biologically, psychologically, and even socially from a long lineage that begins with single living cells; that our minds and cultures are linked by an invisible thread to the ways and means of...
Author
Publisher
Ariel
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Este libro trata de un interés y de una idea. Hace mucho tiempo que me intriga el afecto humano (el mundo de las emociones y de los sentimientos) y he pasado muchos años investigándolo: por qué y cómo nos emocionamos, sentimos, usamos los sentimientos para construir nuestro yo; cómo los sentimientos ayudan a nuestras mejores intenciones o las socavan; por qué y cómo el cerebro interactúa con el cuerpo para sostener dichas funciones. Tengo...
Author
Publisher
Whitney Museum of American Art
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this volume features all of his most famous pieces. In an overview essay, Scott Rothkopf carefully examines the evolution of Koons's work and his development over the past thirty-five years, offering a scholarly perspective on the artist's multi-faceted career.
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Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion. Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience resulted from meetings of the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain's physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified...