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The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
by Antonio Damasio
from Harvest Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Neither a clear writer nor a clear thinker
  I have just finished reading this book with a great sense of relief. I wish I could agree with all the complimentary things that other reviewers have written about it, but I find I can't. I am convinced that Damasio is an insightful neurologist, and his personal observations and extensive knowledge of patients with neurological conditions is valuable. However, he is neither a clear thinker nor a clear writer. He goes in for the poetic and artistic, and while his language may sound great, more than half the... more info

• Poorly Written
  I read Descartes Error and found the author's writing style to be poor. Nevertheless, I figured I would give the author another chance by reading another one of his books. Unfortunately, I found this second book to be poorly written as well. The author is obviously passionate and knowledgeable about his subject of study - and I find no fault in his knowledge of the subject matter. But he is simply a very poor communicator!! His train of thought is meandering and rambling. So many of his points could have... more info

• A seminal work
  I very seldom come across a book that is so groundbreaking in its content as to make me determined to fully understand what the author is trying to convey (even if it means rereading it three times!) Damasio's The Feeling of What Happens is an astonishing achievement and I believe that the science of consciousness has been vastly enriched with this contribution.
  It may help you to know, however, that this is by no means light reading. Even with my medical background, I struggled to keep up, especially... more info

• An engaging discussion of consciousness
  I found this book to be an engaging exploration of consciousness and the different parameters that define consciousness. The author spends a lot of time explaining how consciousness is defined in relationship to the relationship the person has to the world, but also in regard to biological systems, linguistics, etc. He also does an excellent job of distinguishing where emotions fit into consciousness.
  On the other hand, his writing style is dense and sometimes hard to get through. I had to carefully... more info

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