tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post3140243719768429292..comments2024-03-06T05:17:31.852-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: Antonio Damasio - Emotion, Feeling, and Social Behavior: The Brain Perspectivewilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-57456410238079527492009-12-25T09:11:16.356-07:002009-12-25T09:11:16.356-07:00Thanks Cole - I have Spinoza, but haven't read...Thanks Cole - I have Spinoza, but haven't read that one yet - I began with Descartes's Error, which was tough going.<br /><br />I'm trying to get a better grounding in his work before March, when he will be giving one of the Keynote Addresses at the Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference here in Tucson.william harrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-34466094890808873462009-12-25T09:05:40.454-07:002009-12-25T09:05:40.454-07:00Damasio is a brilliant man. His work influences my...Damasio is a brilliant man. His work influences my writing a great deal. He writes with many words and can be tough to read, but his ideas have such potency and economy.<br /><br />He starts his whole neuroscience of consciousness with the idea that the basic element of experience - like atoms in a molecule - are body-state changes, a three part sentence, body-as-it-was, object, body-as-it-is.<br /><br />Nothing is known if it isn't first represented in the body. This basic point is full of astounding implications, regardless of what other fascinating conclusions Damasio reaches (and he reaches many more).<br /><br />Your blog post is a great summary. I would recommend all three of his books to anyone who is curious about consciousness. Read them backwards, starting with Spinoza.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101046056167717007noreply@blogger.com