by Antonio Damasio · Booket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788423346165
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«El error de Descartes» is Antonio Damasio's popular science essay, published by Booket in paperback (400 pages, in Spanish).
Antonio Damasio questions the separation between mind and body inherited from Descartes and argues that emotions are essential to human rationality. Using cases of prefrontal cortex damage, he shows how the loss of emotional life can incapacitate decision-making, and proposes an integrated vision of brain, body, and reason.
Translation by Joandomènec Ros. Originally published in 1994, it is part of the Booket Ciencia collection.
Aimed at the general public interested in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, and in the debate on emotions and rationality.
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books. Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.
