The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
by Damasio, Antonio R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG minus
- ISBN 10
- 0151003696
- ISBN 13
- 9780151003693
- Seller
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999. hardcover. VG/VG minus. 6x1x9. Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover w/ DJ, 1999. Book is VG, w/ clean text, tight binding; pages a bit age-tanned. DJ is VG minus, w/ moderate edgewear that's a little heavier at tail of spine panel (a couple small tears); "autographed copy" sticker on front panel. Signed by author on title page. Free delivery confirmation.
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Colewood Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1021938
- Title
- The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
- Author
- Damasio, Antonio R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151003696
- ISBN 13
- 9780151003693
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 26 oz
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