The Feeling of What Happens: Body, Emotion and the Making of Consciousness - Couverture rigide

Damasio, Antonio R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434007730 ISBN 13 : 9780434007738

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

A leading expert of the neurophysiology of emotions, the author aims to show how our consciousness arose out of the development of emotion, at its core human consciousness is consciousness of the feeling and experiencing self. It presents a view of the facility that makes us most profoundly human.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The publication of this book is an event in the making. All over the world scientists, psychologists, and philosophers are waiting to read Antonio Damasio's new theory of the nature of consciousness and the construction of the self. A renowned and revered scientist and clinician, Damasio has spent decades following amnesiacs down hospital corridors, waiting for comatose patients to awaken, and devising ingenious research using PET scans to piece together the great puzzle of consciousness. In his bestselling Descartes' Error, Damasio revealed the critical importance of emotion in the making of reason. Building on this foundation, he now shows how consciousness is created. Consciousness is the feeling of what happens-our mind noticing the body's reaction to the world and responding to that experience. Without our bodies there can be no consciousness, which is at heart a mechanism for survival that engages body, emotion, and mind in the glorious spiral of human life. A hymn to the possibilities of human existence, a magnificent work of ingenious science, a gorgeously written book, The Feeling of What Happens is already being hailed as a classic.

Revue de presse

"One of the best brain stories of the decade...A must read book for anyone wanting a neurologist's perspective on one of the great unsolved mysteries."—The New York Times
"Stunning...Unashamedly grapples with these issues, and in the process provides the first truly compelling neurobiological account of the self."—Nature
"Both Descartes' Error and The Feeling of What Happens are essential reading. They are ground-breaking classics of psychology and neuroscience. These are books to buy, keep and ponder upon."—Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
"A tour de force of intuition, investigation and integration."—Sunday Times (London)
"What makes his views so noteworthy is that they're grounded not in theoretical musings but in years of clinical research."—Time
"This is not casual reading, but eventually anyone can master it; it will change your experience of yourself."—The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice
"A landmark in the interdisciplinary project of consciousness research."—Scientific American
"Damasio is just the one to show you how fascinating you really are."—The Bloomsbury Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0434007730
• ISBN 13: 9780434007738
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible