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Work #756 · Late

Descartes' Error

António Damásio
1994 · English
Popular-scientific philosophical-neurological treatise · Late-twentieth-century neuroscience / philosophy of mind

Damasio's 1994 founding work of affective neuroscience — the somatic marker hypothesis

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Descartes' Error (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Descartes' Error

The temporal flow of feeling and decision.

Space

Descartes' Error

The neural-bodily space of feeling.

Matter

Descartes' Error

The brain-body as substrate of feeling and reason.

Observer

Descartes' Error

The embodied feeling and reasoning self.

Energy

Descartes' Error

Somatic-affective energies guiding reason.

Information

Descartes' Error

Somatic markers as embodied information.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Descartes' Error

Damasio's Descartes' Error: foundational for affective neuroscience and the contemporary critique of Cartesian dualism in cognitive science.