Antonio Damasio

The age-old mystery of consciousness - our capacity to experience our own existence and have a sense of ourselves - remains unsolved despite the extensive efforts of neurobiologists and philosophers. What if the secret to consciousness lies not in abstract thought, but in the very feelings that pulse beneath our awareness? In this groundbreaking work, renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio overturns...

Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe ... [A] brave and honest book The New York Times Book Review The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only survival but also the flourishing of life. Antonio Damasio...