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Looking for Spinoza : Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio (2003, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100156028719

ISBN-139780156028714

eBay Product ID (ePID)2386132

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLooking for Spinoza : Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain

Publication Year2003

SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, Physicians, Individual Philosophers, Neuropsychology, History, Emotions

TypeTextbook

AuthorAntonio Damasio

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science, Psychology, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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LCCN2002-011347

ReviewsDamasio has the rare talent of rendering science intelligible while also being gifted in philosophy, literature and wit., PRAISE FOR LOOKING FOR SPINOZA "Clear, accessible and at times eloquent . . . Nothing less than a new vision of the human soul."-San Francisco Chronicle "Compelling."-Scientific American "Exceptionally engaging and profoundly gratifying."-Nature, "This is an enticingly original work that offers page after page of startling insights about the workings of the mind. It creates in its entirety that rarest of effects-the quality of revelation." - William Styron, This is an enticingly original work that offers page after page of startling insights about the workings of the mind. It creates in its entirety that rarest of effects the quality of revelation., PRAISE FOR THE FEELING OF WHAT HAPPENS "One of the best brain stories of the decade . . . This is a must-read book for anyone wanting a neurologist's perspective on one of the greatest unsolved mysteries."-- The New York Times Book Review "The first truly compelling neurobiological account of the self . . . A remarkable work of intellectual daring."-- Nature "What makes his views so noteworthy is that they're grounded not in theoretical musings but in years of clinical research."--Time "The book's clear, beautiful language, its fascinating case studies and the way in which it brings difficult scientific issues to life . . . may actually make it a landmark in the interdisciplinary project of consciousness research."-- Scientific American PRAISE FOR DESCARTES' ERROR "A tour de force of sheer reflective imagination."-- The Times Literary Supplement "In Descartes' Error , he brings all these gifts together in a fascinating exploration of the biology of research and its inseparable dependence on emotion."--Oliver Sacks, PRAISE FOR THE FEELING OF WHAT HAPPENS "One of the best brain stories of the decade . . . This is a must-read book for anyone wanting a neurologist's perspective on one of the greatest unsolved mysteries."--The New York Times Book Review "The first truly compelling neurobiological account of the self . . . A remarkable work of intellectual daring."--Nature "What makes his views so noteworthy is that they're grounded not in theoretical musings but in years of clinical research."--Time "The book's clear, beautiful language, its fascinating case studies and the way in which it brings difficult scientific issues to life . . . may actually make it a landmark in the interdisciplinary project of consciousness research."--Scientific American PRAISE FOR DESCARTES' ERROR "A tour de force of sheer reflective imagination."--The Times Literary Supplement "In Descartes' Error, he brings all these gifts together in a fascinating exploration of the biology of research and its inseparable dependence on emotion."--Oliver Sacks --

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal152.4

Table Of ContentContents CHAPTER 1 Enter Feelings Enter Feelings The Hague Looking for Spinoza Beware In the Paviljoensgracht CHAPTER 2 Of Appetites and Emotions Trust Shakespeare Emotions Precede Feelings A Nesting Principle More on the Emotion-Related Reactions: From Simple Homeostatic Regulation to Emotions-Proper The Emotions of Simple Organisms The Emotions-Proper A Hypothesis in the Form of a Definition The Brain Machinery of Emotion Triggering and Executing Emotions Out of the Blue The Brain Stem Switch Out-of-the-Blue Laughter Laughter and Some More Crying From the Active Body to the Mind CHAPTER 3 Feelings What Feelings Are Is There More to Feelings than the Perception of Body State? Feelings Are Interactive Perceptions Mixing Memory with Desire: An Aside Feelings in the Brain: New Evidence A Comment on Related Evidence Some More Corroborating Evidence The Substrate of Feelings Who Can Have Feelings? Body States versus Body Maps Actual Body States and Simulated Body States Natural Analgesia Empathy Hallucinating the Body The Chemicals of Feeling Varieties of Drug-Induced Felicity Enter the Naysayers More Naysayers CHAPTER 4 Ever Since Feelings Of Joy and Sorrow Feelings and Social Behavior Inside a Decision-Making Mechanism What the Mechanism Accomplishes The Breakdown of a Normal Mechanism Damage to Prefrontal Cortex in the Very Young What If the World? Neurobiology and Ethical Behaviors Homeostasis and the Governance of Social Life The Foundation of Virtue What Are Feelings For? CHAPTER 5 Body, Brain, and Mind Body and Mind The Hague, December 2, 1999 The Invisible Body Losing the Body and Losing the Mind The Assembly of Body Images A Qualification The Construction of Reality Seeing Things About the Origins of the Mind Body, Mind, and Spinoza Closing with Dr. Tulp CHAPTER 6 A Visit to Spinoza Rijnsburg, July 6, 2000 The Age The Hague, 1670 Amsterdam, 1632 Ideas and Events The Uriel da Costa Affair Jewish Persecution and the Marrano Tradition Excommunication The Legacy Beyond the Enlightenment The Hague, 1677 The Library Spinoza in My Mind CHAPTER 7 Who's There? The Contented Life Spinoza's Solution The Effectiveness of a Solution Spinozism Happy Endings? Appendices Notes Glossary Acknowledgments Index Copyright © 2003 by Antonio Damasio All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to the following address: Permissions Department, Harcourt, Inc., 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777.

SynopsisA "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 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. 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., 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 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. 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., A "clear, accessbile" investigation into the philosophical and scientific foundations of human life, from one of the world's leading neuroscientists ( San Francisco Chronicle )., 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.

LC Classification NumberQP401.D203 2003