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La emoción, la razón y el cerebro humano
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Tras el éxito de Y el cerebro creó al hombre, Destino incorpora dos clásicos de Antonio Damasio.
Publicado originalmente en 1994, El error de Descartes es un libro de referencia en la literatura sobre ciencia y filosofía. ¿Y cuál es el error de Descartes? Pues creer que la mente existe de forma independiente al cuerpo, una idea profundamente arraigada en la cultura occidental desde entonces. Descartes proclamó "pienso, luego existo", a lo que Damasio contrapone en este libro todo tipo de argumentos que demuestran que las emociones y los sentimientos no sólo tienen un papel relevante en la racionalidad humana, sino que cualquier daño en la corteza prefrontal puede hacer que un individuo sea incapaz de generar las emociones necesarias para tomar decisiones de forma efectiva.
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