Feeling & knowing : making minds conscious / Antonio Damasio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Damasio, Antonio R., author.

Contributor:

Damasio, Hanna, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Physical Description:

xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Feeling and knowing

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher

"From one of the world's leading neuroscientists--a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of the phenomenon of consciousness and its relation to life. In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings in biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence 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 48 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"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Before we begin

On being

About minds

Affect

On consciousness

In all fairness : an epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Damasio, Antonio R. Feeling & knowing.

ISBN:

9781524747558

1524747556

OCLC:

1200832168

Publisher Number:

99988852477