Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain - Couverture souple

Damasio, Antonio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156028719 ISBN 13 : 9780156028714

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Damasio Antonio

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The last in a trilogy of books that investigates the philosophical and scientific foundations of human life

 

Joy, sorrow, jealousy, and awe—these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. In the seventeenth century, the philosopher Spinoza devoted much of his life's work examining how these emotions supported human survival, yet hundreds of years later the biological roots of what we feel remain a mystery. Leading neuroscientist Antonio Damasio—whose earlier books explore rational behavior and the notion of the self—rediscovers a man whose work ran counter to all the thinking of his day, pairing Spinoza's insights with his own innovative scientific research to help us understand what we're made of, and what we're here for.

Biographie de l'auteur :

ANTONIO DAMASIO is 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 Descartes' Error; The Feeling of What Happens; and Self Comes to Mind. He has received the Honda Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and, shared with his wife Hanna, the Pessoa, Signoret, and Cozzarelli prizes. Damasio is a fellow of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lives in Los Angeles.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0156028719
• ISBN 13: 9780156028714
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 368