Looking for Spinoza
Monday, 28 May 2007 @ 03:37
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by Antonio Damasio (2003)
Having been familiar with the prominence of (both Hanna and Antonio) Damasio’s names in neuroscience, I picked this book expecting a popular science book that provides insights into the neurobiological underpinnings of memory and emotions, something like Damasio’s colleague’s work, Joseph LeDoux’ Synaptic Self (maybe with some accounts of Spinoza). I was wrong — the book instead focuses on some basic points which are somehow, in an almost Whiggish manner, related to Spinoza’s ideas.
