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Damasio, an eminent neuroscientist explores the science of human emotion and what the great Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza can teach of how and why we feel. Damasio shows how joy and sorrow, those most defining of human feelings, are in fact the cornerstones of our survival and culture.Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling BrainWilliam Heinemann. 2003. -
Expands an inquiry to animals at large, investigating the evolution of experience with the assistance of far-flung species. Godfrey-Smith shows that the appearance of the first animal body form well over half a billion years ago was a profound innovation that set life upon a new path.Metazoa: animal minds and the birth of consciousnessWilliam Collins. 2020. -
The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan ...Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of MindHarvard University Press. 2007.
D.A. Wood
Xavier University of Louisiana
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Xavier University of LouisianaRegular Faculty
New Orleans, LA, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
| Social and Political Philosophy |
| 20th Century Philosophy |
| African/Africana Philosophy |