Looking for Spinoza
by Antonio Damasio · first published 2003
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"Here, in a humane work of science, Damasio draws on his innovative research and on his experience with neurological patients to examine how feelings and the emotions that underlie them support the human spirit's greatest creations.". "Damasio's new book focuses on what feelings are and reveals the biology of our survival mechanisms. It rediscovers a thinker whose work prefigures modern neuroscience, not only in his emphasis on emotions and feelings, but also in his refusal to separate mind and body. Together, the scientist and the philosopher help us understand what we are made of and what w
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…opinion. Some good journals for your topic would be Journal of Affective Neuroscience, and Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. For books, I really enjoyed LeDoux's The Emotional Brain and Damasio's Looking for Spinoza. But the general neuropsych journals like Neuropsychology, Neuropsychology Review, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, and Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology…
on “What’s a fire and why does it burn? (2016)” ↗Another amazing book that showcases Spinoza: Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio. Not a bio on him but definitely showcases him and his beliefs and life. It changed the way I view the world and people forever.
on “A brilliant biography of an elusive genius: Spinoza” ↗