Self Comes to Mind by Antonio Damasio
05/11/2013 18:15
What Was I Thinking?
By NED BLOCK
In “Self Comes to Mind,” the eminent neurologist and neuroscientist Antonio Damasio gives an account of consciousness that might come naturally to a highly caffeinated professor in his study. He emphasizes wakefulness, self-awareness, reflection, rationality, “knowledge of one’s own existence and of the existence of surroundings.” [Read more] ...