Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling BrainHMH, 01.12.2003 - 368 Seiten A famed neuroscientist explores the emotions that make life worth living in “clear, accessible, and at times eloquent prose” (San Francisco Chronicle). In the seventeenth century, the philosopher Spinoza examined the role emotion played in human survival and culture. Yet, the neurobiological roots of joy and sorrow remained a mystery. Today, we spend countless resources doctoring our feelings with alcohol, prescription drugs, health clubs, therapy, vacation retreats, and other sorts of consumption; yet the inner workings of our minds—what feelings are, how they work, and what they mean—are still largely an unexplored frontier. Here, bestselling author and distinguished scientist Antonio Demasio concludes the groundbreaking trilogy he began with Descartes’ Error by drawing on his innovative research and experience with neurological patients to examine the cerebral processes of human emotion. With scientific expertise and “a flair for writing,” he navigates the neurology of feelings (The New York Review of Books). “Damasio has the rare talent of rendering science intelligible while also being gifted in philosophy, literature and wit.” —Margaret Jacob, Los Angeles Times “Exceptionally engaging and profoundly gratifying . . . Achieves a unique combination of scientific exposition, historical discovery and deep personal statement regarding the human condition.” —Nature “Damasio . . . succeeds in making the latest brain research accessible to the general reader, while his passionate Spinozist reflections make that data relevant to everyday life.” —Publishers Weekly |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain Antonio R. Damasio Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2003 |
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain Antonio R. Damasio Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2004 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
actions activity Amsterdam amygdala Antoine Bechara Antonio Damasio appetites background emotions biological body maps body-sensing regions brain regions brain stem cause cells cerebellum cerebral cortex changes cherem circumstances cited earlier cognitive complex components consciousness cortices Costa damage David Hubel Descartes Dutch emotion and feeling emotionally competent stimulus emotions-proper ethical behaviors example experience fear frontal lobe function Gerald Edelman Hanna Damasio happiness homeostatic human Huygens hypothalamus ideas individual insula Jean Pierre Changeux Jewish Jews knowledge laughter living marranos means mechanisms mind and body mind-body problem nature nerve nervous system neural maps neural patterns neurobiology neurons Neuroscience normal notion nuclei object organism pain pathways patients perception perhaps philosopher pleasure Portuguese Ralph Adolphs reason regulation religious responses result sadness sense sensory signals situation social emotions somatosensing somatosensory sorrow Spinoza structures substance synagogue thinking thoughts triggering University Press Uriel da Costa ventromedial visual York