Format:
233 Seiten
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Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781524747558
Content:
Before we begin -- On being -- About minds -- Affect -- On consciousness -- In all fairness : an epilogue.
Content:
"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, but presents his analysis and insights in a way that is faithful to our own intuitive sense of the experience of consciousness. In the 45 brief chapters of the book, he helps us understand the relation between consciousness and mind; why being conscious is not the same as either being awake or sensing; the essential role of feeling; and the biological brain and development of consciousness. He synthesizes the recent findings of various sciences with the outlook of philosophy, and, most significantly, presents his original research which has transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior. Here is an indispensable guide to understanding consciousness, the fundamental human capacity for informing--and transforming--our experience of the world around us and our perception of our place in it"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781524747565
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Damasio, Antonio R Feeling & knowing New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Bewusstsein
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Psychologie
Author information:
Damasio, Antonio R. 1944-
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