Foreign thinker
Antonio Damasio
Antonio DamasioCognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of MindPortuguese-Americanb. 1944
We are not thinking machines that feel; we are feeling machines that think.
Life and Thought
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist who, in works such as "Descartes' Error," showed that emotions are not an obstacle to reason but an inseparable part of rational decision-making and human consciousness. Through his critique of Cartesian mind-body dualism, he has become one of the most influential figures in contemporary cognitive neuroscience.