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Damásio argues, we use reasoning under the context of emotions together.
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Nor is this to say that when feelings have a positive action they do the deciding for us; or that we are not rational beings. I suggest only that certain aspects of the process of emotion and feeling are indispensable for rationality.
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He proves his case through numerous case studies.
I appreciated passages, few examples. I want so share mostly passages from the work.
1. What are passages that I liked from this work?
Nor is this to say that when feelings have a positive action they do the deciding for us; or that we are not rational beings. I suggest only that certain aspects of the process of emotion and feeling are indispensable for rationality.
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Damasio - one of the leading researchers in this area - explains how reasoning is seriously impaired when an individual loses the capacity to add an emotional valence to a thought. Damasio concludes that the Cartesian idea of a disembodied mind has impeded the development of a scientific account of human nature and has impaired the efficacy of Western medicine.
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