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Descartes’ Error

author: António R. Damásio (1994)
date read: 2020-04-18
pages: 336
lists: nonfiction, psychology
rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Cover of Descartes' Error.

Didn’t hold much new information for me, because its contents have grown so accepted and foundational in the 25 years since publication. Nevertheless it provides a solid fundamental overview in a very readable way, despite also dealing in a bit of technical details.

Tobias
@rixxtr
54/ Descartes' Error by António R. Damásio. Not so groundbreaking now as it was 25 years ago when it was publised, but still a solid overview over the role of emotions in human thinking and reasoning. https://books.rixx.de/antonio-r-damasio/descartes-error/
rixx
@rixx@chaos.social
54/ Descartes' Error by António R. Damásio. Not so groundbreaking now as it was 25 years ago when it was publised, but still a solid overview over the role of emotions in human thinking and reasoning. https://books.rixx.de/antonio-r-damasio/descartes-error/ #rixxReads

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